Canadian cable companies interrogate, search Montréal software developer
> <i>On June 9, the telecoms got an Anton Piller order, a civil search warrant that gives a plaintiff access to a defendant's home, without notice, to search for and seize relevant evidence before it can be destroyed.<p>A Federal Court judge would later declare the Anton Piller order in this case "unlawful," but that was weeks after a group of men arrived at Lackman's door...</i><p>Mind boggling that Canadian law constructed a <i>civil</i> no-notice (<i>i.e.</i> unappealable) instrument with third-party enforcement. That literally cedes the state's monopoly on violence [1].<p>Curious if such a law would pass Constitutional muster in the United States.<p>[1] <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monopoly_on_violence" rel="nofollow">https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monopoly_on_violence</a>