Volume V

Issue : 6: March 22, 2007

• Providing Legal Software Considered Unauthorized Practice of Law
• Identity Theft on the Rise
• Google Addresses Privacy Concerns by Limiting Storage of Search Data Linked to Users
• Court Upholds Internet Advertisers Refusal to Run Objectionable Ads
• eBay Cooperates with ATO Audits
• U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Targets Spam Scam
• The State of Washington to Collect Sales Tax from Online Retailers
• New Jersey Senate Approves Bills Prohibiting Internet Use for Sex Offenders
• Copyright Board Publishes Decision on Royalties for Online Music Downloads
• Vonage Ordered to Pay $58M to Verizon in VoIP Patent Dispute
• Viacom Launches Billion Dollar Copyright Suit Against YouTube
• Top EU Court Bars Italian Gambling Restrictions
• Alberta Cree Band Told to Cease Internet Gambling Plans
• First U.S. Internet Gambling Charges Since the Enactment of UIGEA

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First U.S. Internet Gambling Charges Since the Enactment of UIGEA

On March 16, 2007, two of twenty-seven people indicted for enterprise corruption and conspiracy pleaded guilty to the charges in New York. The two, a couple, took part in an Internet sports gambling operation. The case is significant because it represents the first gambling charges brought in the United States since the enactment of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) in October 2006. The UIGEA outlawed certain financial transactions related to online gambling that made it extremely difficult, if not impossible, for Internet gaming operators to receive funds from their U.S. customers.

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http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSN1623695620070317