Tuesday, June 14, 2016

Supreme Court okays troll toll increase

Date published: 
June 13, 2016

"EFF Staff Attorney Daniel Nazer said that the ruling was unsurprising, but pointed out that the decision does not give free reign to judges to issue pumped-up awards.

"EFF is glad to see that the Court emphasized that enhanced damages should still be reserved for the most egregious cases," Nazer told The Register.

"We agree with the concurrence that district courts should be cautious not to impose enhanced damages too often, especially where non-practicing entities send threat letters out to numerous small businesses.""



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This article by Center for Internet and Society originally appeared on cyberlaw.stanford.edu on June 13, 2016 at 10:00AM

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