But the city's law is already having a chilling effect on Wall Street.
Such tactics were also having a chilling effect on witnesses overseas, the lawyers said.
He says the surveillance is having a "chilling" effect on free expression and association.
Last month James Murdoch, the head of BSkyB, noted the corporation's "chilling" effect on commercial competitors.
The huge cost of defending libel actions is having a dangerously chilling effect on serious journalism and investigative reporting.
It's not only shallow, it's untrue, and it's having a chilling effect on literary culture".
The boss of Aereo, Chet Kanojia, wrote that the ruling may have a "chilling" effect on the technology industry.
The limited sanctions already in place are having a chilling effect on business in Russia (see page 64).
"At the moment many government employees are in consultation and this is having a chilling effect on expenditure on bigger items".
"This random, rampant, uncontrolled dissemination of information, almost like urban legends, is having a chilling effect on the election," Mr. Weir said.
"I see this as having a chilling effect on my ability as a computer scientist to express myself," Professor Touretzky said.
