from the this-is-bad… dept For many years, we’ve discussed the many challenges faced by countries in trying to recognize that “jurisdiction” on the internet isn’t what they probably think it is. Many countries want to interpret internet jurisdiction as “if it’s accessible here via the internet, it’s covered by our laws.” But it doesn’t take…
Category: Court
Builder blacklist boss hit with £5,000 fine
Ian Kerr, the man behind the Consulting Association, which held and maintained a blacklist of builders, has been fined £5,000 by Knutsford Crown Court. The company was raided by the Information Commissioner’s Office in March when the watchdog made its first ever use of an Enforcement Notice to shut it down. Read more in The…
Court upholds IL abortion notification law
The 7th Circuit on Tuesday upheld a latent Illinois law requiring doctors to notify the parents of teenage girls seeking abortions, calling it “a permissible attempt to help a young woman make an informed choice about whether to have an abortion.” In a case spanning nearly 25 years, a group of physicians challenged the Illinois…
Class says LexisNexis botches reports
LexisNexis mismatched information about people in consumer reports and published the mistakes to third parties, a class action claims in Federal Court. The class claims LexisNexis’ reports included details about people who were not the intended subjects, due to its failure to correctly identify consumer data. Its publication of the inaccurate data was intentional and…