California’s 2005 anti-spam law, which is designed to address deceptive email practices, is one of the toughest in the country. This week the California Assembly likely will vote on amendments to the law that will seriously harm e-commerce companies and charitable organizations in California and beyond. Assemblyman Chau’s (D-San Gabriel Valley) AB 2546, was primarily…
NEXT CYBER LAW AND BUSINESS REPORT WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 19TH, 2012 10AM – 11AM PACIFIC ON WEBMASTERRADIO.FM SEGMENT 1: JOHN DU WORS and LEEOR NETA talk about their successful effort to have the California Spam Law declared unconstitutional as preempted by Federal law. Backgrounder SEGMENT 2: JILLIAN YORK, the Director of International Freedom of Expression, Electronic Frontier…
NOTEBOOK John Du Wors, Newman Du Wors Leeor Neta, Golden Gate University Du Wors and Neta won a major victory last week in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California when the court dismissed a claim under the California state spam law as preempted by the CAN-SPAM Act. I The Case Davison…
Last week I was quoted in an AP story on professional spam litigant Dan Balsam whom I have opposed and even sued a few times. The AP article was followed by a series of television and radio segments on Balsam and I appeared on several them (see below). In light of some of the questions…
Weeks after winning a $2.6 million CAN-SPAM default judgment which it has little chance of collecting, Asis Internet Services was ordered to pay over $800,000 in attorneys fees for pursuing baseless claims under the CAN-SPAM. The court explained, ” Rather, it is apparent that Asis sued Azoogle based on little more than speculation that there might…
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