Re: UIGEA Lawsuit Complaint --- early analysis
I looked thru the 39 page Complaint and noted the following points of interest:
1. iMEGA did not join any individual plaintiffs. Maintaining this suit may be difficult unless some "legal" plaintiffs join in. The issue of standing will certainly arise.
2. The Complaint describes iMEGA members as being in the Online Casino business, nothing about poker or about sports.
3. The Complaint alleges harm to memebers of the general public in the US.
4. In addition to seeking a TRO against promulating regulations or enforcing the UIGE Act, the Complaint also seeks to enjoin enforcement of the Wire Act, which is a dead-bang loser given 40+ years of Wire Act enforcement.
5. The case was filed in Federal Court in New Jersey in Newark. This is a curious choice, does anyone know if this is in the same Federal Circuit as the ACLU v. Gonzales case (I am too lazy to look it up.)
6. The Utah "uncoded credit card" prosecution is expressly mentioned.
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