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Appeals Court Halts ‘Hot News' Publishing Order

A federal appeals court on Thursday lifted a lower court's order that a well-known financial news aggregator delay the re-publication of prominent financial analysts' buy and sell recommendations.

Read More here: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/05/hotnews/#ixzz0oXrOdgIT

The courts need to drive a stake through the heart of the bogus "hot news" doctrine. The fact that it has even got this far through the court system is a disgrace. It represents a clear and present danger to the First Amendment which needs to be beaten back hard.


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