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FTC v. Trudeau ? Are Emails Within a Judge?s ?Presence??

By Kevin A. Thompson

The recent 7th Circuit opinion in FTC v. Trudeau, No. 10-1383, slip op. (7th Cir. May 20, 2010), raised an interesting cyberlaw issue as a minor point within the larger issue of criminal contempt of court: Just because the Judge receives an email, does that mean the email, as well as the conduct in inciting the email to be sent, is within the Judge?s presence? The 7th Circuit ruled no, because the entirety of the conduct was not in his presence. As background, in Federal court Judges can summar read more

Full post as published by Cyberlaw Central on May 29, 2010 (boomark / email).