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By Grant Mahon

DOJ Maintains Its Stand on Its Wire Act Reinterpretation

December 27, 2019

Last week, the United States Department of Justice officially filed the opening brief in its appeals of a federal court decision from earlier this year. The court ruling that is being appealed rejected the reinterpretation of the Wire Act by the department’s judges at the end of 2018. The reinterpretation of the law significantly expanded […]

By Elaine West

New DOJ Wire Act Opinion Stumbles Upon Yet Another Setback

June 21, 2019

For the past several months, the US Department of Justices most recent reinterpretation of the Wire Act has been all the buzz in the gambling industry and this is due to its very significant implications. With a number of states slowly shifting towards online gambling the new opinion was going to extend the applicability of […]

By Ameana Jones

Wire Act Applies Only to Sports Betting, Federal Court Rules

June 6, 2019

On Monday, June 3, a New Hampshire federal court issued the highly-anticipated ruling on the New Hampshire Lottery Commission et al. v. Barr et al. which challenged a recent opinion by the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) regarding the 1961 Wire Act. Delivered by U.S. District Judge Paul Barbadoro in New Hampshire, the decision […]

By Elaine West

DOJ Sued Over Alleged Sheldon Adelson-Wire Act Links

May 8, 2019

The Attorney General of New Jersey has recently filed a lawsuit that seeks to determine the links between the US Department of Justice’s new interpretation of the 1961 Wire Act and casino magnate Sheldon Adelson. It is no secret that Mr. Adelson is a staunch opposer of online gambling and has ties to the Coalition […]