Howard has a wrap up of two cases involving Internet jurisdiction at his site. He winds up his analysis of the two cases by asking "Do these two decisions, both issued today, appear to be in tension with one another? Suffice it to say that courts have only recently begun to grapple with the very difficult issue of what are the far-flung locations, if any, where defendants can be held liable in damages for activities that involve the Internet."
Yep. The Internet is a strange beast, and the legal system often has trouble with familiar beasts. Stay tuned because this is an area of the law that will continue to create problems.
Jonathan Turley's office has been sealed for six years at the federal government's request because of Turley's representation of workers in a long-running toxic tort suit over conditions at a military installation in Nevada: the mysterious Area 51. At arguments Friday, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals examined the extent of the government's right to seal and redact court material in the name of national security. [Law.com]
Or, as Adam says, there are no secrets, only information we don't yet have.
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The five major record companies have been hit with a class-action lawsuit charging that a new breed of CDs designed to thwart Napster-style piracy is defective and should either be barred from sale or carry warning labels. By Reuters. [New York Times: Technology]
Now it gets interesting....
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Now This is One Way to Stop Online Gambling
Bowing to pressure from New York State regulators, Citibank said Friday that it had agreed to block use of its credit cards for Internet gambling transactions. By Matt Richtel. [New York Times: Technology]
The law may not be able to reach the offshore gambling operation, but it can reach the domestic purveyor of mullah.
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