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Discrimination is prejudicial treatment related to (or inappropriate consideration of) an individual's actual or perceived membership in a particular class, group or category, such as an individual's... more +

FCC Takes Steps To Combat Digital Discrimination

Perkins Coie on 1/26/2023

Equal access to high-quality, affordable broadband internet service has never been more critical, particularly as Americans increasingly rely on broadband for everything from work and education to healthcare and...more

The Crackdown on Digital Redlining

Bilzin Sumberg on 4/13/2022

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, a non-profit focused on fostering healthy communities, defines digital redlining as “major network providers systematically excluding low-income neighborhoods from broadband service –...more

FCC Notice of Inquiry on Digital Redlining Highlights the Challenges Ahead

Wiley Rein LLP on 3/21/2022

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) gave the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) two years within which to adopt rules that will “facilitate equal access to broadband internet access service.”...more

U.S. government investigates potential threat to e-service providers: France’s Digital Service Tax

Hogan Lovells on 8/20/2019

On 10 July 2019, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) initiated an investigation pursuant to Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 into France’s Digital Services Tax (DST) to determine whether the tax is...more

Take 5 Newsletter: An Employer's "Top 5" Action Items for 2014

Epstein Becker & Green on 12/19/2013

It's December, and human resources professionals and law departments are reflecting on the issues addressed in 2013 and giving thanks for incident-free holiday parties. But the big question is this: What issues should get...more

An Eye-Opening Termination Of A Former Lingerie Model

Cozen O'Connor on 10/18/2012

A former lingerie model turned high school guidance counselor has sued the New York City Department of Education (“DOE”) for discrimination and wrongful termination after being fired when Internet photos surfaced of the...more

Massachusetts Federal Court Holds That Websites Can Be Places Of Public Accommodation For Purposes Of The ADA

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 8/17/2012

In National Association for the Deaf v. Netflix, Inc., the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts held that Netflix’s Internet video-streaming service, known as “Watch Instantly,” constitutes a place of public...more

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