Archive for May, 2002

ASHCROFT, ATTY. GEN. v. ACLU, ET AL.. Decided 05/13/2002

Sunday, May 12th, 2002
The Child Online Protection Act's reliance on "community standards" to identify what World Wide Web material "is harmful to minors" does not by itself render the statute substantially overbroad for First Amendment purposes.

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS v. FCC, ET AL.. Decided 05/13/2002

Sunday, May 12th, 2002
The Federal Communications Commission can require state utility commissions to set the rates charged for leased telecommunications network elements on a forward-looking basis untied to the network owners' investment, and can require those owners to combine such elements upon the request of a leasing competitor that cannot do the combining itself.