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1 Sep 2:20 am
... public nuisance and violation of local prostitution statutes. Complaint, Dart v. Craigslist, Inc., U.S.D.C., Northern District of Illinois, Case No. ... -party
information providers -- an activity that is immune under the CDA. Motion at 15-16. Craigslist also argues that the attempt to enjoin its conduct amounted to an unconstitutional
prior restraint on speech. ... found the website liable for inducing illegal conduct. See Goddard v. Google, Inc., U.S.D.C., Northern District of California, Case No. 5: ...
18 Feb, 2008 5:06 am
... oral arguments in the plaintiff's appeal of Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Inc. ("CLC") v. Craigslist Inc. ("Craigslist"). CLC,
as you may recall, is appealing District Judge St. Eve's ruling that ... 's assertions that Craigslist has essentially conceded that filtering is possible, given its purported
efforts in this area to date, and that Craigslist could reduce the occurrence of inappropriate ads by employing dropdown menus (for example (mine), one could choose to exclude
...
14 May, 2008 2:12 pm
... no fiduciary duties to them that would prevent competition.) So, in August 2004, eBay becomes a minority shareholder in craigslist, Inc. (actually its predecessor,
1010). OK, this will work -- for awhile. However, in June 2007, eBay launches an American ... ? This will become important later.) In October, Newmark and Buckmaster have a series of
meeting as the Board of Directors of craigslist with outside counsel, Edward Wes of Perkins Coie. The minutes of these meetings reflect that the board was ...
28 May 4:44 pm
... images. According to press reports, Attorney General McMaster was considering actions against craigslist for "aiding and abetting prostitution, obscenity and conspiracy."
(Fn2) As a result, on May ... if a website merely provided "neutral search tools for navigating [its] website." The facts of the craigslist case are very different from those in
Fair Housing, so it is by no means clear ... e.g., Chicago Lawyers' Comm. For Civil Rights under Law, Inc. v. Craigslist, Inc., 519 F.3d 666, 669 (7th Cir. 2008 ...
22 Oct 5:26 pm
... decided by the Seventh Circuit, Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Inc. v. Craigslist Inc., which found Craigslist wasn't liable for
housing ads that discriminated against minorities: Sheriff Dart's lengthy ... allegations that our Court of Appeals rejected just last year. The complaint's remaining allegations
plainly treat Craigslist as the publisher or speaker of information created by its users. Like the plaintiff in Chicago Lawyers, Sheriff Dart may continue to use
Craigslist ...
15 Nov, 2006 8:15 am
... Michael H. Erdman, who has been monitoring Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law, Inc. v. Craigslist, Inc., which was filed earlier this
year in the Northern District of Illinois (06 C 0657) and assigned to ... per month) violates the U.S. Fair Housing Act provisions prohibiting discriminatory housing advertisements.
In its defense, Craigslist argues that as a provider of interactive computer services (ICS), it is immune to this kind of suit under section 230 of Title 47 ( ...
17 Nov, 2006 11:13 am
... Eric Goldman Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights under the Law, Inc. v. Craigslist, Inc., 1:06-CV-00657 (N.D. Ill. Nov. ... pleadings. The court says
that (1) websites are ICS providers, (2) the classified ads on Craigslist originate from "another information content provider," and (3) the Fair Housing Act ... there was no
need to clarify this sweet spot further because everyone agreed that Craigslist was a publisher here. I really wish that judges would reconsider indulging themselves through ...
5 Mar 1:45 pm
... Eric Goldman Dart v. Craigslist, Inc., 09-CV-1385 (N.D. Ill. complaint filed March 5, 2009) Dart, the Cook County, Illinois ... sheriff's office, I remain uncertain
whether or not it's a good thing for Craigslist to have an "erotic services" category. I understand the argument that it centralizes these ads in one ... ever legal. If
everything directed to this category is always illegal, it seems like Craigslist could, and perhaps should, voluntarily choose to eliminate the category altogether. That may ...
23 Oct 10:04 am
So held a federal district court in Dart v. Craigslist, Inc. Here's what plaintiff, the Cook County, Illinois, Sheriff claimed: [Sheriff Dart] ... alleges that the
"erotic" (now "adult") services section of ... an additional "warning & disclaimer" stating that users entering that section agree to "flag 'prohibited'" any content that violates
Craigslist's Terms of Use including "offers for or the solicitation of prostitution." Below the warning is a general "erotic services" link, and links to ...
29 Oct 2:21 am
... is that Craigslist has been found not liable for aiding and abetting the practice of prostitution in Chicago. The case, Dart v. Craigslist, Inc., N. D. Ill.,
No. 1:09-cv-01385, was brought by the Sheriff of Cook County who alleged that Craiglist was facilitating prostitution and creating a public nuisance. According to the complaint,
Craigslist had become "the single largest source for prostitution, including child exploitation, in the country." The Sheriff argued that Craigslist ...
17 Mar, 2008 6:29 am
... Friday's ruling in the case of Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Inc. v. Craigslist, Inc., - F.3d --, 2008 WL 681168 (7th Cir. March 14,
... district court's opinion, holding that under 47 U.S.C. 230, Craigslist could not be treated as the "publisher" of third party postings that allegedly violated the Fair
Housing ... Circuit 230 Win in Fair Housing Act Case-Chicago Lawyers' Committee v. Craigslist Jeffrey Neuberger (Technology Law Update): Judge Easterbrook Sums Up CDA Section ...
29 Oct 9:00 pm
... (c)(1) would serve little if any purpose if companies like Craigslist were found liable under state law for "causing" or "inducing" users to post unlawful ... of fact whether
the defendant "intentionally induced" its users to violate antiscalping laws). The fact that Craigslist also provides a wordsearch function does not change the analysis. The
word-search function ... induce anyone to create, post, or search for illegal content. blank">Dart v. Craigslist, Inc., __ F.Supp.2d _ (N.D. Ill., Oct. 20 ...
21 Oct 2:13 pm
... Eric Goldman Dart v. Craigslist, Inc., 09 C 1385 (N.D. Ill. Oct. 20, 2009) Yesterday, Judge John F. Grady of the Northern ... federal criminal statute. See Doe v.
Bates. * the court rejects arguments that Craigslist "arranges" meetings for prostitution, "directs" people to prostitution or "provides" contact info for prostitutes ... cases,
the user-supplied ad (if anything) satisfies those verbs. Similarly, Craigslist's role in "facilitating," "assisting" or "aiding and abetting" these user activities ...
10 Apr, 2008 9:48 pm
... law protecting providers of interactive computer services from liability for content provided by others, the Seventh Circuit recently held that the online service craigslist
may not be liable under the Fair Housing Act for discriminatory housing ads appearing on its site. In Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights under Law, Inc. v.
craigslist Inc., the court last month held that the Communications Decency Act, 47 U.S.C. sec. 230(c)(1), ...
28 Oct 7:12 am
Image via Wikipedia A federal court has sided with Craigslist, the online classified advertising colossus, by dismissing a lawsuit brought by Cook County (Ill.) Sheriff Thomas
Dart ... sec. 230(c)(1)) in ruling for the defendant in Thomas Dart, Sheriff, v. Craigslist, Inc. (Case No. 09-C-1385). Specifically, Section 230(c ... services section
use code words that in fact involve payment for sexual services. Craigslist expressly warns users that soliciting prostitution is prohibited and has begun charging ...
15 Feb, 2008 3:59 pm
Earlier today the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, based here in Chicago, heard oral arguments in the plaintiff's appeal of Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights
Under Law, Inc. ("CLC") v. Craigslist Inc. ("Craigslist"). CLC, as you may recall, is appealing District Judge St. Eve's ruling that Section 230 protects
Craigslist [...]
14 Mar, 2008 1:17 pm
By Eric Goldman Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law v. Craigslist, Inc., 2008 WL 681168 (7th Cir. March 14, 2008) Yesterday, ... Seventh Circuit helps us
end 47 USC 230 Week with a bang with its Craigslist ruling, an important opinion that reinvigorates 47 USC 230 doctrine in the Seventh Circuit. ... solution. I think his
conclusion says it best: Using the remarkably candid postings on craigslist, the Lawyers' Committee can identify many targets to investigate. It can dispatch testers ...
17 Jun 9:06 am
That's the conclusion of Monday's Gibson v. Craigslist, Inc. (S.D.N.Y.), applying the service provider immunity of 47 U.S.C. § 230: Craigslist isn't liable for the
ad, even if the...
16 Mar, 2008 9:04 pm
Chicago Committee For Civil Rights v. Craigslist, Inc., ___F.3d__ (7th Cir. March 14, 2008), is an interesting 7th Circuit decision and demonsrates how the internet age
has effected our society. It is also a major decision concerning the Internet. Craigslist...
7 Jan, 2008 6:46 am
The Seventh Circuit will hear oral argument (fifteen minutes per side) in Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law, Inc. v. Craigslist Inc. on
February 15, 2008. We won't know the panel's composition until the morning of, but I'm crossing my fingers Judge Easterbrook will be selected so we can see how his thinking has evolved,
if at all, since the Circuit's 2003 GTE ruling. ...
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