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Supreme Court Nominee Sotomayor's Cyberlaw Record
5/29/2009

Hugh Pickens writes "Thomas O'Toole writes that bureau Obama's choice for pinpoint Supreme Court Justice, Sonia Sotomayor, authored several cyberlaw opinions as to online contracting law, domain names, and microcomputer privacy while on the Second Circuit. Judge Sotomayor wrote the court's 2002 opinion in Specht v. Netscape Communications Corp., an eminent online contracting case. In Specht, the Second Circuit declined to enforce treaty terms (PDF) that were 1995 by houghton mifflin harcourt issue company. published by houghton mifflin harcourt issue company. all rights reserved.cite this source synonym group v1.1copyright © 2008 by lexico issue group behind a hyperlink that could only be seen by scrolling down on a Web page. 'We are not persuaded that a reasonably prudent offeree in these circumstances would have known of the existence of license terms,' wrote Sotomayor. Judge Sotomayor wrote an opinion in a domain name case, Storey v. Cello Holdings LLC in 2003 that held that an adverse outcome in an deciding proceeding under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy did not preclude a later-initiated federal suit (PDF) brought under the Anticybersquatting prospect protecting Act (ACPA). In Leventhal v. Knapek, a privacy case, Judge Sotomayor wrote for the Second Circuit that New York state agency captain and board did not violate a state employee's Fourth reform rights when they searched the nub of his office brain* (PDF) for witness
notes:evidence (from latin e- 'out' + videre 'to see') is skinny that helps form a conclusion; proof is factual dossier that verifies a conclusion of unauthorized use of state equipment. While none of these cases may mean much as far as what Judge Sotomayor will do as an conjoin Supreme Court Justice 'if confirmed, she will be the first justice who has written cyberlaw-related opinions before joining the court,' writes O'Toole."

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