Ex-Staffer Behind Trump Tell-All Disputes NDA Gag
A former Trump communications aide brought a federal complaint Monday to block arbitration over whether his new tell-all “Team of Vipers” violated a nondisclosure agreement.
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Security Experts Uneasy as US Barrels Into 2020 Election
Cautious about the government’s efforts to safeguard the 2020 presidential race, election-security experts worry that the job is too formidable to finish in the time that remains.
Read moreAndroid Users Need More to Sue Facebook for Collecting Phone Data
To advance a privacy class action against Facebook, Android users must explain precisely what permissions they granted before the tech giant started harvesting their phone call and text data, a federal judge said in court Thursday.
Read moreAirline Pilot Loses Bid to End Random Screening Requirements
A pilot who represented himself at the D.C. Circuit lost his bid on Tuesday to overturn changes the Transportation Security Administration made to the screening program for commercial airline crews.
Read moreEx-Kardashian Bodyguard Faces Suit Over Paris Robbery
The insurer that paid out more than $6.1 million to Kim Kardashian West for a 2016 robbery brought negligence claims Wednesday against the reality star’s former bodyguard.
Read moreBoating Groups Fight Trump Impasse on Potomac
Kayakers and canoe enthusiasts brought a federal complaint Thursday to protest security measures that close off a stretch of the Potomac River whenever President Donald Trump is golfing nearby.
Read moreSecurity Hurdles for Air Crew Battled at DC Circuit
Having decorated a mirror with judicial headshots to prepare for his day in court, a pilot representing himself before the D.C. Circuit lobbied Friday for the court to block airport-screening procedures that subject crewmembers and passengers to identical searches.
Read moreEPA Watchdog Faults Agency Over Pruitt Security Costs
The Environmental Protection Agency failed to ducment why former administrator Scott Pruitt needed more an $3,5 million in security spending in 2017, a federal watchdog said in a report released Tuesday.
Read moreMacron Says Europe’s Security Architecture Must Be Rethought
French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday “we must rethink the European security architecture,” as he pushed for a continent-wide effort to create “a strategic partnership, including in terms of defense, with our closest neighbors.”
Read moreDemocrat Threatens to Sue In Security-Clearance Document Clash
A Democratic congressional candidate in Virginia is threatening legal action against a conservative PAC that shared an unredacted copy of her federal security clearance application with the press.
Read moreFlorida Mass Shooting Prompts Calls for More Security at eSport Events
The mass shooting at Sunday afternoon video gaming competition that left two dead and nine others wounded has prompted calls from gamers for more security at esports tournaments.
Read moreDozens Withdraw From Suit Over Pulse Nightclub Massacre
More than 40 plaintiffs have dropped their claims against security company G4S in a lawsuit alleging that terrorist Omar Mateen used his firearms training as a G4S guard to maximize the carnage in his jihadist attack at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando two years ago.
Read moreTexas Republicans Squelch Gun Law Prospects
Texas schools have been adding metal detectors and armed personnel in an effort to improve campus security in response to the deadly May attack at a Houston-area high school that left eight students and two teachers dead.
Read moreTSA Considering Ending Screening at Small Airports
The TSA is considering ending screening of passengers at smaller airports across the country to focus security efforts at the largest airports.
Read moreTexas High School Upgrades Security After Shooting
A Texas school district board has agreed to spend more than $1 million to fortify Santa Fe High School before students return in August in response to the recent shooting there that left 10 people dead.
Read moreGreenpeace Drone, Toy Plane Crash Into French Nuclear Plant
Greenpeace activists say they have crashed two remote-controlled aircraft — a drone and a tiny radio-controlled plane — into a French nuclear plant to highlight the lack of security around the facility.
Read moreJudge Weighs Dismissal of Suit Over Florida Club Massacre
Security industry giant G4S is pushing for final dismissal of a lawsuit filed against it by victims of the Pulse nightclub massacre, who claim the shooter’s firearms training as a G4S security guard enabled him to carry out the attack.
Read moreFTC Audit of Facebook Turns Up Nothing
An audit looking into Facebook’s privacy and security practices cleared the company of wrongdoing despite continued attention on the Cambridge Analytica scandal, throwing into question the effectiveness of such audits.
Read moreEU Cracks Down on Expulsion of Longtime Resident
An Italian national who killed his flatmate in the United Kingdom and a Greek national who held up an arcade in Germany featured Tuesday in a ruling from the EU’s highest court that blocks the expulsion of longtime residents hailing from other member states.
Read moreAviation Officers Sue Over Lost Privileges After Dragging Incident
Aviation security officers filed a class action against Chicago and Illinois, claiming they were unconstitutionally stripped of their police powers and concealed-carry privileges after a doctor was dragged off a United Airlines flight last year.
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