Poker Players Alliance

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Several months after being granted standing to sue by a judge in New Jersey, the Interactive Media Entertainment and Gaming Association has indicated that the deadline for the organization to file its brief in the Third Circuit Court of Appeals is at the end of September. iMEGA President Ed Leyden told PokerNewsDaily.com, “We’re diligently working on preparing our case and we will file by the end of next month.” iMEGA is suing to declare the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act unconstitutional on the grounds that it violates privacy rights in the United States. iMEGA was formed in 2007 “with the goal of working constructively and cooperatively with government at all levels, and other concerned citizens and corporations, to continue the remarkable growth of the Internet, and to promote innovation, openness and freedom as the path to even greater benefit of this medium for all,” according to its website, iMEGA.org.

The organization, all told, will have taken about 90 days to prepare its brief for the Third Circuit Court, which covers parts of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania in the United States. Therefore, according to Leyden, the U.S. Government will have “equitable time” to file its own case. This means that, in all likelihood, the materials for iMEGA’s suit will not be in the court’s hands until the end of 2008. From there, Leyden noted, “The Third Circuit Court does not publish who your three judge panel is until after you file your case. Then, a schedule is set for oral arguments.”

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iMEGA to File Internet Gambling Case in September

Author Contact Info: Dan Cypra, Poker Daily News

Tags: iMEGA

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One Response to “[UIGEA] Poker News Daily – iMEGA to File Internet Gambling Case in September (08/15/08)”

1. CT Moore Says:
   August 29th, 2008 at 11:34 am

   I got to meet Joe Brennan of iMEGA at the recent NGG conference in Montreal. He made a rather favorable impression, and explained iMEGA’s position in this video interview: http://comment.incomeaccess.com/2008/08/29/imega-fights-the-uigea/

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