SANDVIG et al v. SESSIONS

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Case Number:

1:16-cv-01368

Court:

District Of Columbia

Nature of Suit:

Civil Rights: Other

Judge:

John D. Bates

  1. April 02, 2018

    Researchers' Challenge To Anti-Hacking Law Kept Alive

    A D.C. federal judge has kept alive a claim by a group of university professors and journalists that a federal anti-hacking law unconstitutionally bars their research into whether hiring websites that use online algorithms discriminate against job applicants.

  2. June 30, 2016

    ACLU Hits US With Suit Over Anti-Hacking Law

    The American Civil Liberties Union, representing a group of professors and journalists, hit the United States with a suit in D.C. federal court on Wednesday, saying that an anti-hacking law violates free speech by chilling research and investigations looking at whether websites use discriminatory algorithms.