Shortly afterwards and in direct response to the court's ruling, the NY state legislature, in an unprecedented show of cross party solidarity, unanimously voted to enact the Libel Terrorism Protection Act which prevents the enforcement of foreign libel judgments over American authors and provides the opportunity for the claim to be tried in the US, on its merits, and according to American principles of free speech.
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In response to the early court decisions, to avoid the chilling effect of potential liability in a medium of prolific speech, and to encourage the active monitoring, editing and removal of unlawful content online without the disincentive of having such actions lead to claims of liability for being a publisher, Congress enacted Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.
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Some of her proposals have come in response to federal court decisions that invalidated regulations set under President George W. Bush.
But record companies moved quickly to stop the trading of their copyrighted music, and in July 2001 Napster shut down in response to a court order.
If Congress wants to reverse such de facto legislative moves, say defenders of this judicial power-grabbing, it can pass corrective legislation, as it did with the 1991 Civil Rights Act in response to related Court decisions.
Labour's Lord Boyd of Duncansby, a barrister and former Lord Advocate for Scotland, said he was "disappointed" by the government's suggestion in a written response to the report that the court does not in fact face an imminent crisis.
In response to the Supreme Court's decision, Microsoft continued to maintain its innocence.
There's no money in that budget for overtime pay, so in response to the recent appellate court ruling, she began limiting her workers to 40 hours a week.
In response, prosecutors asked District Court Judge William Blair Sylvester to deny the request, saying it contained inaccuracies, including claims of media leaks by government officials that may have been fabricated by news organizations.
In a brief note, the Supreme Court requested that the solicitor general file a response in the case, in which the federal government has refused to release the man's identity or even confirm the existence of the case and its circumstances.
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He said the taoiseach should have the same privilege as if he were a party in the High Court, litigation privilege over the advice was sought in response to an allegation, and legal privilege over all the correspondence.
Vermont legalized civil unions nine years ago in response to a ruling from its high court.
That court ordered those procedures in response to an election process, whose myriad problems and inconsistencies were laid bare by an election that was a virtual dead heat.
On top of that, the Environmental Protection Agency, in response to a decision by the Supreme Court, may have to set limits on greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles -- establishing another standard.
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It will provide the administration with a response to the Supreme Court's adverse ruling in the Hamdan case in June.
Members of the jury pool were sent home after the Maine Supreme Judicial Court stopped the closed process in response to a constitutional challenge by the Portland Press Herald.
The government will submit a response to the defense filing in U.S. District Court in Manhattan before the May 13 sentencing.
The email announcement by MIT President L. Rafael Reif comes in response to a request Friday by lawyers for Swartz's estate to have the U.S. District Court in Boston make the documents public.
Mr Joshi declined to say anything in response to the allegations as he appeared before Belfast Magistrates' Court for committal proceedings.
In its notice Thursday, issued in response to Mr. Swamy's petition, the Supreme Court also requested the two marines to return to India to attend Monday's hearing.
But patent attorney Gene Quinn outright accuses me of lying in his response to my recent piece on how the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals wrecked the patent system.
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The court has been told that Mr James wrote a letter in response to Mrs Thompson's criticism of the council following the incident.
In the absence of a future court overturning Citizens United, the fundamental response should be a constitutional amendment.
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However, the Commercial Court in Dublin dismissed his claim, ruling Nama was a proportionate response to the grave situation the state finds itself in.
If the Commission is unsatisfied with the response it could take the case to an EU court and perhaps force a change in UK law.
In response to that suit, the Mets started sending the checks to the Tallahassee bankruptcy court and filed a countersuit asking the judge to decide who should get what and to shield the team from liability and award it attorney fees for its trouble in the matter.
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If member states are unhappy with the EC's final response they could choose to challenge the legality of the measure at the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg.
In response, the cyclist accused the organization of trying to "dredge up discredited" allegations and filed a lawsuit in federal court trying to halt the case.
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