Legal Opinion
Sandvig v. Sessions
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 30, 2018No. Civil Action No. 16–1368 (JDB)PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN D. BATES, United States District Judge
It's a dangerous business, reading the fine print. Nearly every website we visit features Terms of Service ("ToS"), those *8endless lists of dos and don'ts conjured up by lawyers to govern our conduct in cyberspace. They normally remain a perpetual click away at the bottom of every web page, or quickly scrolled past as we check the box stating that we agree to them. But to knowingly violate some of those terms, the Department of Justice tells us, could get one thrown in jail. This reading of federal law is a boon to prosecutors hoping to deter…
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