Perspective
Jul. 20, 2012
Don’t sue the messenger: the limits of online tort liability
Technology has blurred the line between facilitating access and creating content, but courts are slot to adapt. By Chris Chiou and David Russell and Alex Smith of Jenner & Block
The Internet has revolutionized the way we interact with one another, and not always for the better. Between hacking, phishing and confidence tricks like the infamous "Nigerian scam," cyber-misconduct is widely estimated to cost society billions of dollars. The human costs are also striking: defamation, identity theft and cyber-bullying can cause their victims immense heartache. In one particularly tragic cas...
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