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Seattle Opt-Out Ordinance Struck Down
The Yellow Pages industry won a big victory yesterday when the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals struck down Seattle's tough opt-out ordinance in a unanimous decision. The court based its decision on the finding that print directories offer more…
Seattle Judge Upholds YP Opt-Out Registry
Elise Simmons
A federal judge upheld Seattle's opt-out registry this week for residents who choose not to receive Yellow Pages. U.S. District Court Judge James L. Robart said the city's opt-out ordinance does not violate the Yellow Pages publishers' First Amendment rights.…
Yellow Pages Industry Braces For Opt-in Domino Effect
Representatives and their legal counsel from the Association of Directory Publishers, Valley Yellow Pages, At&t, and the Local Search Association held a conference call to plan their continued opposition to San Francisco's opt-in ordinance. If more articles like this from…
Yellow Pages Suffers Seattle Setback on Eve of San Francisco Vote
The Yellow Pages industry has failed to win a preliminary injunction or restraining order from a U.S. District Court in Seattle. This mean the Seattle opt-out ordinance can move forward as the industry pursues its lawsuit seeking to have the ordinance ruled unconstitutional. This decision…
San Francisco Supervisors to Mull Opt-In Measure Today
The San Francisco board of supervisors (the city council, essentially) today will consider a phone book opt-in ordinance that directory publishers believe will be devastating to their business. The measure, supported by announced mayoral candidate David Chiu, has drawn urgent…
Seattle Makes Concessions on Opt-Out Ordinance
The City of Seattle has modified its tough Yellow Pages opt-out ordinance, but apparently not sufficiently to make a federal lawsuit challenging the ordinance go away. The city has eliminated a $148 per ton fee for Yellow Pages deliveries in…
YPA, ADP Push Web Site as Break Against Opt-Out Wave
Two sometimes rival U.S. directory industry associations have joined forces to build a more robust one-stop opt-out Web site (due out early next year) that they hope will mitigate the growing trend toward local opt-out legislation. The new site will…
California Opt-Out Bill Alarms YP Industry
For the past few years, the U.S. Yellow Pages industry has been playing a nationwide version of the arcade game "whack a mole" -- beating down one opt-in or opt-out legislative initiative after another with a metaphoric sledgehammer. For the…