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Patrick Leahy

Article | 18/05/2011 Senator introduces electronic surveillance reform bill
A new bill introduced in the U.S. Senate would update a 25-year-old law that sets the rules for law enforcement surveillance of e-mail and other elect...
Article | 7/04/2011 Senators: E-surveillance law needs to be updated
The U.S. Congress needs to rewrite a law governing law enforcement access to mobile-phone data, e-mail messages and other electronic communications to...
Article | 10/03/2011 Senate passes patent bill, but kills limits on damages
The U.S. Senate has passed an overhaul of the U.S. patent system, but has removed some controversial provisions limiting damage awards in infringement...
Article | 27/01/2011 Senator calls for privacy protections for device location
The U.S. needs consistent rules for how law enforcement agencies can access the ever-growing collection of location-based data from mobile devices, a ...
Article | 29/09/2010 CDT protests bill requiring registrars to enforce copyright
New legislation that seeks to curb copyright infringement by requiring domain-name registrars to shut down websites suspected of hosting infringing ma...
Article | 23/09/2010 Senators push for update to electronic privacy law
A 24-year-old law setting the rules on how law enforcement agencies can obtain electronic records needs to be updated because it's out of step with mo...