Judge Halts Enforcement Of Canadian High Court’s Global Injunction Against Google

Mealey's (November 7, 2017, 8:35 AM EST) -- SAN JOSE, Calif. — On Nov. 2, a California federal judge granted preliminary injunctive relief to stop domestic enforcement of a Canadian Supreme Court requiring Google LLC to remove listings for a trade secret infringing firm from all of its websites globally, with the judge finding that the “order undermines the policy goals of [the Communications Decency Act (CDA)] and threatens free speech on the global internet” (Google LLC v. Equustek Solutions Inc., No. 5:17-cv-04207, N.D. Calif., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 182194)....