Ninth Circuit Denies Rehearing En Banc in Quon v. Arch Wireless Text Message Privacy Case By Debbie Rosenbaum — Edited by Christina Hayes Quon v. Arch Wireless Operating Co. Ninth Circuit, No. 07-55282 Order denying rehearing en banc Opinion concurring in denial of rehearing en banc Opinion dissenting from denial of rehearing en banc On January 27, 2009, the Ninth Circuit denied rehearing en banc in Quon v. Arch Wireless, a case decided by a Ninth Circuit panel in June ... Read More...
Archive for January, 2009
Kentucky Appeals Court Overturns Domain Name Seizure By Anthony Kammer – Edited by Stephanie Weiner Vicsbingo.com v. Commonwealth of Kentucky, No 08-CI-01409 Court of Appeals Ruling (Hosted by EFF) Commonwealth of Kentucky v. 141 Internet Domain Names (original ruling) On January 20, 2009, the Kentucky Court of Appeals overturned a lower court’s order to seize 141 Internet domain names that could potentially be used as illegal “gambling devices” within the state. The appeals court granted a stay back in November, but Tuesday’s ... Read More...
Amazon’s Constitutional Challenge to NY Tax Law Dismissed By Andrew Ungberg – Edited by Sarah Sorscher Amazon.com LLC v. New York Dept. of Tax and Finance, No. 601247/08 New York State Supreme Court, First Judicial District, January 12th 2008 Order On January 12th, 2008, Judge Bransten dismissed Amazon’s lawsuit challenging a recently enacted New York State tax law. The law requires certain sellers, who have no physical presence within the state, to collect sales tax if the seller has commissions-based ... Read More...
District Court Finds FISA Preempts State Secrets Doctrine; Government Wiretap Litigation To Continue By Anna Lamut – Edited by Andrew Ungberg Al-Haramain v. Bush, No 06-1791 VRW, District Court for the Northern District of California, January 5, 2009 Order On Monday, January 5, 2009, Chief Judge Vaughn* Walker of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California denied the U.S. government’s third motion to dismiss the Al-Haramain v. Bush litigation, in which the Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation sued the Bush administration for ... Read More...
Harvard Journal of Law & Technology Vol. 22.1 Happy New Year! The Digest Staff has returned to start the new year, and we’re thirlled to begin our coverage with the newest volume of the Harvard Journal of Law & Technology! Volume 22.1 is now available online, featuring: Rethinking Broadband Internet Access Daniel F. Spulber & Christopher S. Yoo Professors Spulber and Yoo discuss the regulation of broadband Internet access and the reasons why the traditional model based on telecommunication regulation is not ... Read More...
