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: How Appealing"Roommates.com can be sued for violating fair housing laws, court rules; The website requires users to provide information, including their race and sexual orientation, which could foster housing discrimination"
Adam Tanner of Reuters has a report headlined "Straight or gay? U.S. court says Web site can't ask."
law.com provides a report headlined "9th Circuit: No Immunity for Roommates.com Under Communications Decency Act; Dissenting judge: 'the majority has dramatically altered the landscape of Internet liability.'"
And at Wired.com's "Threat Level" blog, Ryan Singel has a post titled "Roommates.com Not Immune From Discrimination Lawsuit, Appeals Court Rules."
My earlier coverage of yesterday's en banc Ninth Circuit ruling appears at this link.
Full post as published by How Appealing on April 04, 2008 (boomark / email).
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