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Judge defers on media request to unseal search warrant affidavit in flap over iPhone

A San Mateo County judge declined to decide a request by news organizations to unseal a search warrant affidavit to learn the justification for a police search of a Gizmodo eitor’s home for records about how he obtained an iPhone prototype. Judge indicates case should be heard by judge who OK’s warrant-db CNET News May 6, 2010 By Declan McCullagh REDWOOD CITY, Calif.–A San Mateo County judge on Thursday refused to consider a request by

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Gawker lawyers try to invoke shield law in police seizure of computers at editor’s house

The furor continues over tech blog Gizmodo’s acquisition of a next-generation iPhone which it bought from someone who found it in a bar in Redwood City. To find out how Gizmodo got the iPhone, police seized the computers of an editor for Gawker, Gizmodo’s parent company. Gawker hired a First Amendment lawyer to fight the police action. -db Legal Pad A Cal Law blog April 26, 2010 By Zusha Elinson Police seized computers from a

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