Greyhound Protection Act: Federal Legislation to Ban Greyhound Racing

Greyhound Protection Act: Federal Legislation to Ban Greyhound Racing

The US greyhound racing betting industry has experienced a dramatic decline since its peak in the 1980s. Today, West Virginia is the only state where greyhound racing still occurs. Most of the nation’s greyhound race tracks closed for financial rather than legal reasons, and the sport is still legal across much of the United States….

Wire Act On Trial: Does Online Gambling Hang In The Balance?

Wire Act On Trial: Does Online Gambling Hang In The Balance?

The 1961 Wire Act wasn’t supposed to be a controversial law, and for most of its existence, it wasn’t. But then internet gambling sprang into being. The lack of law and regulation pertaining to the internet sent law enforcement scrambling to find anything that might apply to this new delivery channel.

DOJ Isn’t Ready To Give Up On Its Problematic Wire Act Opinion

DOJ Isn’t Ready To Give Up On Its Problematic Wire Act Opinion

The Department of Justice isn’t ready to throw in the towel on its highly criticized 2018 Wire Act opinion. This summer, the DOJ appealed the ruling by New Hampshire District Court Judge Paul Barbadoro that said the Wire Act only applied to sports betting, but it waited until the last minute to file its brief…

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