See Note 44, ante (warning against broad liability schemes that would encourage landlords to act as law enforcement).[15] The New York intermediate appellate court took a similar view in Gill v. [read post]

Prodigy Services Co., a 1999 case in which the New York high court held that e-mail systems were immune from liability for allegedly defamatory material sent by their users.[2] E-mail systems aren't common carriers, but the court nonetheless reasoned that they shouldn't be held responsible for failing to block messages, even if they had the legal authority to block them: An e-mail system's "role in transmitting e-mail is akin to that of a telephone… [read post]

The subcommittee will hear testimony from Julie Gerberding, the co-chair of the commission on strengthening America’s health security at CSIS; Thomas Inglesby, director of the Center for Health Security at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; and Tara O'Toole, the executive vice president of In-Q-Tel, a non-profit venture capital firm. [read post]