Yahoo! Clears Legal Hurdle in Fight Against Damaging French Ruling - Yahoo! Inc. has cleared a key legal hurdle as it seeks relief in the U.S. courts from a French court ruling that sets a damaging jurisdictional precedent for speech online. A federal court in California has denied a motion to dismiss the case by the French parties, and will now take up the merits of Yahoo's claim. CDT and a group of publishers, libraries, and public interest organizations have filed a "friend of the court" brief in support of Yahoo. June 07, 2001

• Ruling on Motion to Dismiss in Yahoo! v. LICRA et al. June 07, 2001
• CDT et al. Motion and Amicus Brief in Support of Yahoo! April 06, 2001
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