Legal Niches

Chicago Transit Authority Banned from Banning Mature VG Ads

By pete_gallagher

While the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) won a partial victory (preliminary injunction) earlier this year against the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) over an ordinance that attempted to prohibit Mature (M)-rated game advertisements, the trade group now has an even clearer win under its belt, as a Judge has permanently banned the CTA from 'enforcing or directing' enforcement of the ordinance.

In a ruling (PDF) handed down on May 17 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Judge Rebecca Pallmeyer—who granted the preliminary injunction as well—ordered judgment against the CTA and dictated that prompt notice of the judgment be given to CTA officers, and any agents, servants, employees and attorneys. The CTA also agreed not to 'appeal or otherwise attack the validity or enforceability of the Consent Judgment and Permanent Injunction.'
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Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on June 01, 2010 (boomark / email).