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Are Americans really divided?
I read this opinion piece by Daniel Yankelovich in the CS Monitor last weekend, which evidently is the first in a series of 8 articles entitled "Talking wi…
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Ninth Circuit rules that reliance on an overbroad subpoena to access ISP-held e-mail does not negate ECPA liability if the suib
Plaintiffs, Wolf and Buckingham, officers of Integrated Capital Associates, Inc (ICA), were embroiled in commercial litigation in New York against defendants, F…
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Video Game Maker Shuts Down Third-Party Server Program
Blizzard Entertainment, maker of the popular computer games Diablo, WarCraft, and StarCraft, won its case in the Eastern District of Missouri against three prog…
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Federal Court Holds Section of Patriot Act Unconstitutional
An Internet Service Provider (“ISP”) received a national security letter (“NSL”) from the FBI pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §2709. This statute was originally enacted…
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Minnesota Statute Regulating Wireless Contracts Reviewed by U.S. District Court
The U.S. District Court in Minnesota considered whether a Minnesota statute that regulates customer notification of and agreement to changes to wireless telecom…
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Court Overturns “Internet Exception” in FEC Regulations
Representatives Christopher Shays (R-Conn.) and Marty Meehan (D-Mass) filed suit against the Federal Elections Commission (FEC), challenging the regulations dev…
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Eleventh Circuit Dismisses ADA Suit Against Southwest Airlines for Its Website’s Inaccessibility to the Visually Impaired
Access Now, Inc., a non-profit organization, and Robert Gumson, a visually impaired individual, appealed a federal district court’s dismissal of their claim aga…
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First Circuit to rehear en banc appeals court decision that interception of electronic communication does not violate the Wireta
Interloc, runs an online rare and out-of-print book listing service, and as part of its services provides certain book dealer customers with an electronic mail…
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Ninth Circuit Overrules Declaratory Judgment for Yahoo! Due to District Court’s Invalid Assertion of Specific Jurisdiction
La Ligue Contre Le Racisme et L’Antisemitisme (LICRA) et al. brought suit against Yahoo! in France, resulting in a French court ruling that Yahoo! must block ac…
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President Seeks Medal of Dishonor for Lying
From Dan Froomkin's report at WashingtonPost.com: What the President said: The president said that Kerry 'spoke with sympathy for a communist dictator…
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Is Right Wing Management Bad for Shareholders?
Sinclair's stock dive on Monday only accelerates a year-long trend.…
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The Free Expression Policy Project
The Free Expression Policy Project The Free Expression Policy Project is a think tank on artistic and intellectual freedom at NYU's Brennan Center for Justi…