Monday, August 11, 2008

Records Must Remain Records

It's quite normal that in security arbitration settlements that the parties agree to expunge records. Recently, in Karsner v. Lothian the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia questioned those practices. Although in this particular case the question presented was whether a state securities commissioner had a right to intervene to halt the confirmation of the arbitration award ordering expungement (which the Court of Appeals said she had), the language and the rest of the case suggests that the Court of Appeals was sympathetic with the state securities commissioner's arguments that such an expungement order may affect the integrity of her records.

Monday, August 4, 2008

FCC Ruling on Comcast / Internet Neutrality

The FCC voted 3-2 that Comcast's policy of blocking some internet traffic for users who use file sharing software was a violation of network neutrality. Comcast sounds like they are going to appeal the ruling.