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iMEGA hires highly experienced attorney for UIGEA appeal
- 9-8-2008
The Interactive Media Entertainment & Gaming Association (iMEGA) will not surrender in its fight to overcome the UIGEA bill approved by the U.S in 2006, instead, the gaming association has just announced the addition of one of Washington DC's most talented attorneys to its legal squad to keep challenge .
Stephen A. Saltzburg, professor of law at George Washington University, has been working directly with iMEGA's legal team in his preparation for the UIGEA appeal case in US 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals.
"Prof. Saltzburg is simply one of the best. His experience speaks for itself. We are fortunate to have a true heavyweight advocate in our corner. We always had a strong team representing us. The addition of Prof. Saltzburg to our line-up demonstrates that iMEGA is serious about meeting the US Department of Justice on equal terms in court, and that we have strong advocates making a compelling argument as to why the court should overturn this troubling law" said Joe Brennan Jr., Chairman and CEO of iMEGA in a press release on their site.
Saltzburg will work along iMEGA's lead counsel Eric M. Bernstein and iMEGA's president and chief counsel Edward Leyden. Bernstein is a renowned First Amendment and Internet Law attorney, and, as an integral part of iMEGA's legal team in its showdown over the online gambling prohibition with the U.S. Department of Justice. Saltzburg has also worked as deputy assistant attorney general in the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice and chairman of the ABA Criminal Justice Section from 2007 to 2008.
Not long ago Brenan took part in the Next Generation in Gambling Conference in Montreal, in where he expressed that the UIGEA is nothing but a highly hypocritical measure that let players to play poker in a casino, but not online.
"You have a law that criminalizes an activity that's illegal online, but perfectly legal offline. The rights that we have as Americans should translate to the online world; there should be no inconsistencies. We should have the same rights online as we have offline." said Brenan
iMEGA has time until the end of September to file its case in the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, which has been historically sympathetic with First Amendment cases like the one about to be filed by the iMEGA.
