Mad Dog 21/21: Smith And Westin
April 15, 2013 Hesh Wiener
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Privacy law in the United States really began in 1890 when Louis Brandeis, number one in his graduating class, writing with Samuel Warren in Harvard Law Review, argued that there was a “right to be left alone.” This alienable right had been poorly articulated until Brandeis and Warren brilliantly expressed what their predecessors had not. In the nearly 125 years since, the value placed on personal privacy has waxed and waned. Gibbous only 50 years ago, it became a mere crescent during the past decade, its visible illumination reduced by an improbable combination of terrorism and social media. By |
