Law Practice
Apr. 18, 2007
Bush Seeks Immunity for Phone Companies Being Sued
The Bush administration is proposing to grant legal immunity to the phone companies locked in litigation in a San Francisco court over whether they unlawfully cooperated in a government surveillance program. If passed over the objections of Democrats, the White House-backed law – which would apply retroactively - would immediately force U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker to throw out dozens of cases pending in his court, according to lawyers familiar with the litigation.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
WASHINGTON - The Bush administration is proposing to grant legal immunity to the phone companies locked in litigation in a San Francisco court over whether they unlawfully cooperated in a government surveillance program.
Under the terms of the legislation the Justice Department submitted to Congress late last week, both the phone companies an...
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