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How would you expect to impose any injunctions or damages on the LA Times for disregarding an EU law? In other words, to what court will you take your case? A
by notdonspaulding 8y ago
How would you expect to impose any injunctions or damages on the LA Times for disregarding an EU law?
In other words, to what court will you take your case? A US court won't hold a US company to account for breaking a non-US law. A European court has no jurisdiction to impose any penalties on a non-European company.
Does the LA Times have EU offices? How are you tying the two together otherwise?
- relevantjoin 8y agoWe could ask Kim Dotcom for some advice ?
- hrktb 8y ago> A European court has no jurisdiction to impose any penalties on a non-European company. In theory can’t an european court request the US gov. To hand over the CEO for illegal activities ? Not that this case would go these lengths and I have not idea of any merit of OP’s point.
- estilos 8y agoyeah - exactly that. Or just arrest them any time they visit, really.
- pellucidar 8y agoWhat illegal activities? Tracking users is not illegal in the US, nor is blocking access. You could make wearing purple illegal again and ask the US to extradite folks for it, but we wouldn’t do it so you wouldn’t bother asking.
- weberc2 8y agoMaybe they could, but I can’t imagine the US government could legally extradict. It would be absurd for the US to allow the EU (or the other way around, for that matter) to dictate what Americans or American companies can do in America (assuming the companies have no EU presence).