Volume VIII

Issue : 11: May 27, 2010

• U.S. International Trade Commission to Consider Bar on Importing iPhones, iPads
• Pennsylvania Attorney General Seeks Tweeter Identity Disclosure
• LimeWire Liable for Copyright Infringement
• Is the Deck Stacked Against On-Line Poker Payment Processors?
• Wi-Fi Spying Could Cost Google Millions of Dollars
• Ninth Court of Appeals Rules on Work for Hire clause under the Copyright Act.

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Is the Deck Stacked Against On-Line Poker Payment Processors?

In a strategic move against the on-line poker industry, U.S. federal prosecutors are following the money and targeting payment processors. The U.S. Attorney in Manhattan has obtained a guilty plea for bank fraud, laundering and illegal gambling violations by Canadian Douglas Rennick. The plea relates to the processing of more than US$350 million for Internet poker and other gaming activities on-line.

U.S. law on the legality of on-line poker, per se, is sufficiently vague that prosecutors are more confident in pursuing payment processors rather than the on-line poker firms directly.

For additional information, visit:
http://tinyurl.com/2a9jrve
http://tinyurl.com/TorStar-Rennick-Plea