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Date: 10/02/2012
Status: Pending
Disposition: Dismissed (total)
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: California
Publication: Blog
Nadia Naffe accused a colleague of sexual assault and filed a criminal harassment complaint. John Patrick Frey, a Deputy District Attorney in Los Angeles County, raised questions about plaintiff's allegations on his blog and Twitter account which he maintained in his personal...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 03/31/2014 - 4:18pm - 0 comments
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Date: 05/03/2012
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Dismissed (total)
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: North Carolina
Publication: Blog
University Behavioral Health of Denton ("UBH") is a private psychiatric hospital in Texas owned by Ascend Health Corporation, where Brenda Wells, a North Carolina resident, was once treated. Dr. Khan is UBH's medical director, while Dr. Kresch is the President and CEO...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 07/22/2013 - 2:57pm - 0 comments
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Date: 05/06/2013
Status: Pending
Disposition:
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Texas
Publication: Blog
Peteski Productions is the copyright owner of the television show the Dr. Phil Show, and Gawker Media is the owner of the sports news website Deadspin.com. This dispute concerns coverage by both Deadspin.com and the Dr. Phil Show addressing the...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 05/10/2013 - 9:49am - 0 comments
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Date: 01/25/2013
Status: Pending
Disposition:
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Publication: Blog
On January 25, 2013, Dr. Amy Tuteur, an obstetrician-gynecologist residing in Massachusetts, filed suit in federal court against Gina Crosley-Corcoran, a resident of Illinois, based upon a dispute arising out of blogs written by each individual: The Skeptical OB, by Tuteur, and...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 04/29/2013 - 1:08pm - 0 comments
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Date: 02/24/2013
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Withdrawn
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Florida
Publication: Blog, Email, Forum
This action is closely linked to two other threats in the database: Prenda Law v. Godfread and Duffy v. Godfread. All related filings can be found in the database entry for Prenda Law v. Godfread.
Plaintiff...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 03/07/2013 - 11:49am - 0 comments
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Date: 02/19/2013
Status: Pending
Disposition:
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Florida, Illinois
Publication: Blog, Email, Forum
This action is closely linked to two other threats in the database: Prenda Law v. Godfread and Steele v. Godfread. Several of the related filings can be found in the database entry for Prenda Law v....
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 03/07/2013 - 11:49am - 0 comments
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Date: 02/12/2013
Status: Pending
Disposition:
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Illinois
Publication: Blog, Email, Forum
This action is closely linked to two other threats in the database: Steele v. Godfread and Duffy v. Godfread.
Plaintiff Prenda Law is a law firm that has brought numerous plaintiff-side copyright cases concerning the sharing of movies...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 03/07/2013 - 11:49am - 0 comments
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Date: 10/25/2012
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Dismissed (total)
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Publication: Blog
In August 2012, two football players from Steubenville High School were arrested and charged with the rape of a 16-year-old girl. Classmates circulated Twitter posts, videos, and photographs indicating that the players may have carried the girl, unconscious, from party to party...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 01/17/2013 - 1:00pm - 0 comments
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Date: 06/22/2012
Status: Pending
Disposition: Injunction Denied
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Publication: Blog
According to a police report, on December 8, 2011, Meredith Nilan, the 24-year-old daughter of the Chief of Probation at Berkshire Superior Court, was involved in a car accident. While driving home from a social gathering, Nilan allegedly...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 07/26/2012 - 9:53am - 0 comments
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Date: 06/02/2012
Status: Pending
Disposition:
Type: Correspondence
Jurisdiction: Washington
Publication: Blog
On June 2, 2012, attorney Charles Carreon sent a letter on behalf of FunnyJunk, LLC ("FunnyJunk") to Matthew Inman, creator of TheOatmeal.com, which threatened legal action on the basis of a May 2011 blog post by Inman titled "...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 07/20/2012 - 3:57pm - 0 comments
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Date: 04/23/2012
Status: Pending
Disposition:
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Idaho
Publication: Blog, Website
On Febraury 14, 2012, Republican presidential nominee Rick Santorum spoke at an event in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. The Kootenai County Republican Chair, Tina Jacobson, was present at the event and appeared on the stage with Santorum.
The blog Huckleberries Online – which...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 07/16/2012 - 5:13pm - 0 comments
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Date: 02/22/2012
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Dismissed (total)
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Oregon
Publication: Blog
On February 22, 2012, O'Neal and the Beaverton Grace Bible Church filed a complaint in the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon for Washington County against Julie Anne Smith, her daughter, and two other blog commentators (the Stephens), alleging...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 07/10/2012 - 12:52pm - 0 comments
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Date: 11/05/2010
Status: Pending
Disposition: Dismissed (partial), Settled (partial)
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: California
Publication: Blog
Substantive Proceedings
The Art of Living Foundation is an international nonprofit organization that, according to its website, is "engaged in stress-management and service initiatives." Two former followers, Skywalker and Klim, published anonymous blogs (entitled "Leaving the Art of Living" and "Beyond the...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 06/27/2012 - 4:40pm - 0 comments
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Date: 03/14/2012
Status:
Disposition:
Type: Correspondence
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Publication: Blog, Forum
Kessler International ("Kessler") is a forensic accounting and brand protection company, and claims ownership in the USPTO-registered trademark FRAUDBUSTER, in multiple fields related to forensic accounting news and services.
On March 14, 2012, Kessler sent a a cease and desist letter...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 04/13/2012 - 2:29pm - 0 comments
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Date: 09/01/2011
Status: Pending
Disposition:
Type: Subpoena
Jurisdiction: Illinois
Publication: Blog
On September 1, 2011, Johns-Byrne Company filed a Rule 224 action in Illinois state court. Rule 224 allows a party to conduct limited discovery, before filing a lawsuit, in order to determine the identity of the party that allegedly caused...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 02/01/2012 - 11:31am - 0 comments
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Date: 12/23/2009
Status: Pending
Disposition: Lawsuit Filed
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Kentucky
Publication: Blog
On December 23, 2009, a Jane Doe filed a lawsuit in federal court. The plaintiff intended to sue TheDirty.com, alleging that a number of posts on the blog (self-described as a "reality blogger . . . all about gossip...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 01/13/2012 - 9:09am - 0 comments
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Date: 08/18/2010
Status:
Disposition:
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Maine
Publication: Blog
In August 2010, married couple Alexis and Brett Ingraham sued blogger Madeline Gray for defamation based on statements posted on Gray's website (NickerNews.net) and distributed via flyers. The Ingrahams' alleged that in a series of blog posts in 2010, Gray accused them...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 12/05/2011 - 9:12am - 0 comments
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Date: 01/14/2011
Status: Pending
Disposition: Dismissed (partial), Verdict (plaintiff)
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Oregon
Publication: Blog
On January 14, 2011, Obsidian Finance Group, LLC, and Obsidian Senior Principal Kevin Padrick filed a defamation suit in Oregon federal court against blogger Crystal Cox. The complaint alleged that Cox had written a number of false and defamatory statements...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 11/07/2011 - 1:14pm - 0 comments
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Date: 11/24/2010
Status: Pending
Disposition:
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: New York, District of Columbia
Publication: Blog, Print
On November 19, 2010, the Washington City Paper published "The Cranky Redskins Fan's Guide to Dan Snyder." The article levied a wide array of complaints about Snyder, owner of the Washington Redskins NFL franchise since 1999. The complaints...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 09/02/2011 - 2:33pm - 0 comments
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Date: 08/12/2011
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Material Removed
Type: Police Activity
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Publication: Blog
David Portnoy runs a sports and humor blog entitled Barstool Sports, which the Boston Globe calls a "popular
and controversial" website. Late in the week of August 8, 2011,
Portnoy posted a picture of toddler child Benjamin Brady,...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 08/31/2011 - 12:28pm - 0 comments