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Saturday, February 11, 2006

Unreasonable Burden (Craig's List)


Just wanted to make a quick post before I got back to my Commercial Law readings. Saw a quick article saying that mentioned a law suit against Craig's List. It seems that there were roommate and housing posts that allegedly violated the anti-discrimination provisions of the Fair Housing Act. Craig's List has answered the allegations by citing the impossibility of monitoring over 8 million posts per day. Sounds overwhelming. It will be interesting to see what the court determines the responsibilities of a publicly available, online "wanted list" will be...

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