Michael J. Sgarlat 6/1/23 Michael J. Sgarlat 6/1/23

Third Circuit Declines To Extend Bivens To Agent Conducting Counterintelligence Investigation

Michael J. Sgarlat 5/4/23 Michael J. Sgarlat 5/4/23

Supreme Court to Reconsider Chevron

Armed with the account identifiers, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) sought search warrants requiring Facebook to disclose various records and voluntarily disclosed information.

Michael J. Sgarlat 3/30/23 Michael J. Sgarlat 3/30/23

Supreme Court to Consider Petition for Writ of Certiorari to Clarify the Parameters of an Excessive Force Claim

Armed with the account identifiers, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) sought search warrants requiring Facebook to disclose various records and voluntarily disclosed information.

Michael J. Sgarlat 9/22/22 Michael J. Sgarlat 9/22/22

D.C. Appeals Court: Post-Location Information on Social Media Is Not Private

Armed with the account identifiers, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) sought search warrants requiring Facebook to disclose various records and voluntarily disclosed information.

Michael J. Sgarlat 7/22/21 Michael J. Sgarlat 7/22/21

Seventh Circuit: Facebook’s Reporting of Child Pornography Does Not Make It a Government Actor

In 2018, Alexander Bebris sent messages to a woman via Facebook Messenger, a private messaging system on Facebook. Facebook Messenger utilizes PhotoDNA, a Microsoft image-recognition program that provides the capability to scan images uploaded onto the company’s platform and compares the “hash,” or essence of a photo, with a database of known images of child pornography. After a “hit,” Facebook reviews the flagged images and sends them to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (“NCMEC”) through the CyberTipline.