The National Law Journal Publishes opinion piece by Jeff Ifrah and Steven Eichorn entitled, “Banned from the Internet”. The article questions the judicial practice of including internet bans in the sentences for business crimes.

“The internet is becoming the town square for the global village of tomorrow.” — Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft. Given the pervasiveness of the internet, it is curious to us that some courts have been all too willing to prohibit internet use for defendants on probation or supervised release. Are such internet bans narrowly tailored…

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Bloomberg News’s BusinessWeek quotes Jeff Ifrah on the sentencing of Conrad Black, the former Hollinger International Inc. chairman.

July 23, 2010, 12:50 PM EDT (Bloomberg) — Conrad Black, set to be formally freed on bail, may be sent back to prison if he can’t convince an appeals court that a U.S. Supreme Court ruling requires that his fraud and other convictions be set aside. The former Hollinger International Inc. chairman arrived in a…

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