Phone, Fax, Cellphone Surveillance
am 16.05.2007 von http://www.recht.us/amlawCK - Washington. Counsels telephones, telefax and cellphones constitute a sanctuary where surveillance even on anti-terror grounds is disproportionate, the federal Constitutional Supreme Court in Karlsruhe ruled in the matter 2 BvR 2151/06 on April 30, 2007. A press release of May 16, 2007 summarizes facts and the nearly obvious conclusion, in German. Significantly, the court considers the tapping also …
GPS Surveillance of Suspects
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. Today, the Federal Supreme Court in Karlsruhe called GPS-based satellite surveillance of suspects by investigative services constitutional. In the matter 2 BvR 581/01, police had used a GPS system, and the intelligence so gath…
Inviolability of Law Offices
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. Searches of, and seizures in, law offices require enhanced constitutional scrutiny, the German Constitutional Supreme Court in Karlsruhe decided. In its press release of May 29, 2008, the court emphasizes the general inviolab…
Royalties on Printers
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. In 2001, the German Supreme Court in Karlsruhe, Bundesgerichtshof, ruled in favor of copyright royalties payable on scanners, and the revised copyright act extends the payment obligation to printing euqipment and other gear s…
Ticket by Cellphone
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. 10 years ago, purchasing items by cellphone became a hot topic with the rise of Nokia smartphones. Now, the technologies involve Java and MMS, and large companies join the fray. The most recent offering is from the main railwa…
Police to Police PCs
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. In its press release no. 82/2007, the Supreme Constitutional Court of Germany in Karlsruhe announces the hearing of October 10, 2007 in the matters 1 BvR 370/07 and 1 BvR 595/07 on the constitutionality of the governments use…
Contingency Fee Ruling
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. On March 8, 2007, the federal constitutional Supreme Court in Karlruhe rendered a landmark decision loosening the restrictions on contingency fees. Such fees have been legal only in very limited circumstances, usually involvi…
Discovery of Constitutional Right
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / GC - Washington. Germanys constitutional court in Karlsruhe ruled February 27, 2008 that authorizing online searches of personal computers is unconstitutional. The landmark ruling in cases BVerfG 1 BvR 370/07 and 1 BvR 595/07 came in response…
U.S. Complaint to be Served
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. On January 24, 2007, the federal supreme court for constitutional matters, Bundesverfassungsgericht, in Karlsruhe decided that the service of process of an American complaint would not raise constitutional issues despite an $1…
German Federal Constitutional Court decision in English/Bundesverfassungsgericht Entscheidung auf Englisch
Transblawg / The decision of the Federal Constitutional Court of 14th October 2004, which was widely commented on in the press - it deals with how far German courts are obliged to enforce decisions of the European Court of Human Rights -...…
Arrest Warrant Law Void
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. The Federal Supreme Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe voided the German statute on the European arrest warrant on Monday and explained the rationale for its decision in the matter 2 BvR 2236 /04 in an English-language press re…
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