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27 Aug 2007, 11:00 pm
A broad coalition is forming against the corporate class action killing initiative, including: AARP Foundation Litigation, ACLU of Northern California, ACLU of San Diego and Imperial Counties, American Association for Justice, Asian Law Caucus, Asian Pacific American Legal Center, California Alliance for Retired Americans, California Employment Lawyers Association, California Foundation for Independent Living Centers, California… [read post]
3 Dec 2014, 4:59 pm by Nadia Kayyali
You may remember that last year in Oakland, the Alameda County Board of Supervisors held a packed public hearing where members of the community, joined by EFF and ACLU of Northern California, testified for over three hours about worries around Sheriff Greg Ahern’s plan to obtain a drone. [read post]
21 Nov 2018, 1:30 pm
Earlier this year, the ACLU Foundation of Southern California, the ACLU Foundation of Northern California, and the law firm Latham & Watkins LLP filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of all lawful permanent residents who have enlisted in the U.S. armed forces but have effectively been prevented from serving because of the policy. [read post]
2 Jul 2009, 3:10 pm
In Northern California, Alameda County stands out as having the most convictions, and it is one of the most progressive counties in the state. ... [read post]
27 Feb 2013, 1:56 pm by Rahul Bhagnari, ACLU
Last September, the ACLU of Northern California, along with two parents of students at Clovis High School, brought a case against the Clovis Unified School District under a state law that mandates that sex education in public schools be comprehensive, medically accurate, science-based and bias-free. [read post]
30 Jan 2017, 5:28 am
Soon enough, he got arrested:Shortly after Korematsu's arrest, Ernest Besig, the director of the American Civil Liberties Union in northern California, asked him whether he would be willing to use his case to test the legality of the Japanese American internment. [read post]
30 Mar 2013, 9:59 am by Gritsforbreakfast
District Court for Arizona Thursday, according to the American Civil Liberties Union.Installed in an unmarked van, Stingray mimics a cellphone tower, so it can pinpoint the precise location of any mobile device in range and intercept conversations and data, said Linda Lye, staff attorney at the ACLU of Northern California in a blog post about the case.In a rare public discussion of federal electronic surveillance capabilities and authorities, Justice Department lawyers… [read post]
25 Mar 2011, 4:39 pm by Jessica Monaco, ACLU
Judge Cites Privacy Concerns in Rejecting Google Books Settlement The ACLU of Northern California, Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Samuelson Clinic at the University of California, Berkeley, had called for greater privacy protections from digital book services that can collect detailed information about readers. [read post]
20 Mar 2013, 1:05 pm by Cyrus Farivar
Andy King A San Francisco activist, a local attorney, and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Northern California collectively filed a civil lawsuit Wednesday against the City and County of San Francisco and its police chief, alleging that the activist's rights were violated when a police officer warrantlessly searched his cellphone at the time of his arrest in January 2012. [read post]
6 May 2013, 5:00 pm by Cyrus Farivar
As recently as March 2013, Piedmont, a rich Northern California town that is completely surrounded by Oakland, moved toward placing such devices at its entire city border with Oakland. [read post]
12 Oct 2012, 10:15 am
District Attorney Jeff Rosen acknowledged the problem of prosecutorial misconduct and spoke of his commitment to root it out by working with groups like the ACLU and the Northern California Innocence Project. [read post]
18 Nov 2011, 2:56 pm by Rekha Arulanantham, ACLU
ACLU Sues Oakland Police Department to Stop Violence Against Protesters The Oakland Police Department (OPD) was sued in federal court this week by the ACLU of Northern California and the National Lawyers Guild for trampling (repeatedly!) [read post]
9 Apr 2008, 6:55 am
Learn more about the ACLU of Northern California's advocacy on behalf of free speech during the Olympic torch relay: [www.aclunc.org]. [read post]
27 Jun 2024, 2:55 pm by Hudson Hongo
 In January, for instance, EFF and the ACLU sent a letter urging the California Attorney General to enforce the state's ALPR laws. [read post]
11 May 2012, 7:04 am by Suzanne Ito
The national ACLU, along with its affiliates in Oregon, Southern California, Northern California and New Mexico, filed the lawsuit in June 2010 against the FBI and its subagency, the Terrorist Screening Center, which creates and controls the list. [read post]
26 Feb 2013, 2:23 pm by Rahul Bhagnari, ACLU
Three of the plaintiffs in the ACLU of Northern California's challenge to our state's law were arrested at political protests (none was ever convicted of anything and two weren't even charged). [read post]
Documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit by the ACLU of Northern California and the Asian Law Caucus show that FBI use of these erroneous and biased materials spans from at least 2003 to 2011, and has been an integral part of the agency’s training programs. [read post]