Out-Law.com reports on a libel case in the U.K. that may be of interest to U.S. readers also, as it demonstrates the contrast between our libel laws and the U.K.’s. Over here, the CDA Section 230 protects online publishers from liability for comments made by third parties. In the U.K., the newspaper successfully invoked their…
Category: Court
EFF Submits Brief in Key State Secrets Privilege Case
Cindy Cohn writes: EFF filed an amicus brief in the Ninth Circuit’s en banc review of Mohamed v. Jeppesen, a case brought by the ACLU challenging the CIA’s extraordinary rendition program. A panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals had rejected the government’s argument that the case had to be dismissed at the outset…
Seattle man sentenced to two years in prison for 35 years of ID theft
Clark Mower, 58, of Seattle, Washington was sentenced on Friday in U.S. District Court in Seattle to two years in prison and one year of supervised release for Aggravated Identity Theft. Mower had used the personally identifying information of a family acquaintance for more than 30 years to avoid prosecution for drug and alcohol charges….
Teen Hangs Herself After Harassment For a ‘Sexting’ Message, Parents Say
Melissa Thomas reports: A high school student killed herself after she emailed a nude photo of herself to her boyfriend and he sent it around to others at two high schools, the girl’s parents claim in Federal Court. They sued the city, the school district, the ex-boyfriend and several other kids to whom he allegedly…