PPA lawyer gets online poker case on docket in Washington state
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A Washington court is scheduled to hear a case challenging the criminalization of online poker in the state.
On May 15, a case brought by Poker Players Alliance regional director Lee Rousso will bring into question the constitutionality of a 2006 law that made playing online poker a felony in the state.
According to pokerpages.com:
When state legal representatives for months delayed the hearing, asking for Rousso’s personal online poker information as part of their discovery process, Rousso lodged an appeal, saying the requests “were propounded to harass, oppress, intimidate and threaten” him.
After an initial defeat, many of his Fifth Amendment rights to protect his personal and confidential information were upheld on appeal by Judge Mary E. Roberts earlier in April.
More on this case as it develops.
