Firm Associate Michael Hassard will be part of a virtual panel discussion on on Intellectual Property (IP), Smart Contracts, Branding, and Usage Rights. October 20, 2022 at 3pm Eastern. Sign up to attent.
Donate to Douglass Mackey’s Legal Defense Fund here: https://givesendgo.com/douglassmackey This case is a direct threat to free speech on the Internet. No matter what your political persuasion, you should be concerned that the Government is attempting to criminally censor speech on the internet through a partisan prosecution that lacks any basis in law or fact. Normally we don’t file a
Tor was interviewed by the Washington Post as part of their Cybersecurity 202 column. “The governor’s office is trying to divert attention from the fact they left people’s Social Security numbers exposed and they’re criminalizing good reporting,” Tor Ekeland, an attorney who specializes in defending people accused of computer crimes, told me. Washington Post, Cyber Security 202 Read the article here!
We are quoted in the NY Times regarding someone we represented, Matt DeHart. Read the article here.
Tor Ekeland was interviewed by public radio’s longest-running daily global news program, The World, on how the Assange ruling highlights conditions of the US prison system. Listen to his segment here. Access the Full Episode. To learn more about The World radio program or to find your local station please visit their website: https://www.pri.org/world-stations
Partner, Mark Jaffe is interviewed by Rita Anwiri Chindah on #IPSERIES about fair use and the Tracy Chapman, Nicki Minaj copyright infringement lawsuit. Listen to the Interview here.
“I think they have a lot of ammunition,” says Tor Ekeland, a well-known hacker defense attorney who has followed Assange’s case and helped to successfully defend British hacker Lauri Love from extradition in 2018. “The most salient things for me are the freedom of speech and the right to publish information that is critical to the public’s ability to understand
“This law was written before the internet became what it is,” defense attorney Tor Ekeland, an outspoken CFAA critic who represented Keys said during a recent interview. “The other big issue is the draconian sentences that these statutes allow. It’s disproportionate to the actual harm influence in, I think, every case I’ve ever worked on.” Tor Ekeland in Cyberscoop article
“The current mindset in our federal criminal system is that you are punished if you exercise your constitutional right to a trial. To say nothing of the expense and emotional trauma of going to trial.” Click below to read Tor’s post on the demise of the jury trial at the This Is True Crime blog.
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