Imega Hearing Against UIGEA Set For September 4

The newsrooms are buzzing and the latest on the litigation launched by the Interactive Media Entertainment & Gaming Association (iMEGA) who are seeking the overthrow of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act on constitutional grounds, is that a hearing date has been set before Judge Mary L. Cooper of the US District Court in Trenton, New Jersey.

iMEGA president Edward Leyden is quoted in “Red Herring” as saying, “We believe that the law infringes on the First and Tenth Amendment rights of our members. We also believe that the government has exceeded its authority in its WTO dispute with Antigua and that too has harmed our clients.”

iMEGA founder and a former executive of AOL, Joe Brennan, Jr., told the online gambling information portal Gambling911: “The UIGEA can still be enforced prior to the September 4 hearing date. But we are confident that the judge will prevent that from happening.”

It is expected that the presiding officer will review the plaintiff iMEGA legal brief, along with the response from the defendant US Department of Justice and the US Treasury during the hearing. She may then determine whether to grant the plaintiff's request for a restraining order on the enforcement of the UIGEA.

It is also possible that the judge may order a separate hearing to hear oral arguments and testimony before arriving at a decision and making a ruling.

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