It all started in Fat Friday, and has since become a long running thread there and here — courts that ban cell phones and PDAs. TechnoLawyer member Grace Lidia Suarez writes in with the latest report from the trenches: "I think the real reason is that judges have gotten completely sick and tired of phones going off in the courtroom. No matter what they say (even if they seize the phones) it still happens. And because cameras are strictly verboten, the guards are required to check cell phones to make sure they don't have cameras. BTW, the federal courthouse in San Francisco permits cell phones (but not cameras or cell phone/camera combinations) but the INS (okay, ICE or BICE, or whatever they call themselves this week) prohibits all cell phones AND has no place to hold them (beware!)"
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