Lawsuits Involving Blogs

This page lists all lawsuits in the DMLP database that involve blogs. The most recent lawsuits are listed first

  • Miranda v. Sykes
    Date: 01/03/2005
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Settled (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Wisconsin
    Publication: Blog
    Charlie Sykes, a talk radio host and blogger for WTMJ-AM(620) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, wrote an essay on his blog that criticized Robert Miranda, editor of the Spanish Journal. According to press accounts of the dispute, Sykes alleged that... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 11/26/2007 - 2:54pm - 0 comments
  • New School of Orlando v. McSween
    Date: 10/26/2007
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Settled (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Florida
    Publication: Blog, Email, Social Network
    On October 26, 2007, the New School of Orlando sued Sonjia McSween, the parent of a former student, in Florida state court, asserting claims of libel, slander, and tortious interference with business relations. According to the New School's complaint, McSween... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 11/20/2007 - 5:58pm - 0 comments
  • New School of Orlando Preparatory v. McSween (Letters)
    Date: 09/06/2007
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Lawsuit Filed
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: Florida
    Publication: Blog
    On September 6, 2007, counsel for New School of Orlando Preparatory, an Orlando private school, sent a cease-and-desist letter to Sonjia McSween, the parent of a former student. The letter claimed that statements appearing on McSween's blog, "Say NO to New School... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 11/20/2007 - 2:45pm - 0 comments
  • Pivar v. Myers
    Date: 08/16/2007
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Withdrawn
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: New York
    Publication: Blog
    In August 2007, Stuart Pivar sued science blogger P.Z. Meyers and Seed Media Group, LLC (SMG) for defamation in federal court in New York. According to the complaint, Pivar is an "industrial, inventor and scientist" who edited a book called Lifecode, which... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 11/15/2007 - 2:05pm - 0 comments
  • Galveston Independent School District v. Tetley
    Date: 10/29/2007
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: Texas
    Publication: Blog
    On October 29, 2007, a lawyer for the Galveston Independent School District sent a cease-and-desist letter to Sandra Tetley, who operates a "watchdog" blog about the school district called GISD Watch. We have not been able to obtain a copy... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 11/15/2007 - 2:03pm - 0 comments
  • Gonzales v. Dunkle
    Date: 08/28/2007
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Injunction Issued
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
    Publication: Blog, Website
    On Aug. 28, 2007, the U.S. Justice Department filed a civil lawsuit against John Dunkle, an anti-abortion activist from Reading, Pennsylvania, seeking injunctive relief for alleged violations of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act ("FACE"), 18 U.S.C. §... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 11/15/2007 - 2:08pm - 0 comments
  • Avis v. Turkewitz
    Date: 10/23/2007
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: New York
    Publication: Blog
    Eric Turkewitz is a personal injury attorney who operates a blog. On September 17, 2007, Turkewitz used the Avis and Hertz logos... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 11/12/2007 - 7:24pm - 0 comments
  • Fandino v. Lebanon Truth
    Date: 09/28/2007
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Withdrawn
    Type: Other
    Jurisdiction: Oregon
    Publication: Blog
    The Lebanon, Oregon school district has been in turmoil for many years. On August 1, 2007, three members of the school board placed the superintendent on administrative leave pending an investigation. In response, an anonymous blogger going by "Lebanon Truth" ("LT") started... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 11/12/2007 - 1:48pm - 0 comments
  • VeriResume v. Marshall (Email)
    Date: 10/30/2007
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Lawsuit Filed
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: Washington
    Publication: Blog, User Comment, Website
    Tabatha Marshall runs a blog and website at TabathaMarshall.com, on which she writes about suspicious online job solicitations and so-called "phishing" practices. Part of her site consists of the "PhishBucket," a "directory of companies / individuals suspected of... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 11/06/2007 - 3:43pm - 2 comments
  • Internet Solutions v. Marshall
    Date: 11/01/2007
    Status: Pending
    Disposition: Dismissed (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Florida
    Publication: Blog
    On November 1, 2007, Internet Solutions, a company that runs a number of employment recruiting and Internet advertising businesses, including VeriResume, sued blogger Tabatha Marshall in federal court in Florida. Marshall runs a blog and website at www.tabathamarshall.com, on which... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 11/03/2007 - 5:14pm - 2 comments
  • Khalaji v. Derakhshan (Letter)
    Date: 07/27/2007
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Lawsuit Filed
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: Canada
    Publication: Blog
    Blogger Hossein Derakhshan operates two blogs in English and Farsi at www.hoder.com and www.hoder.com/weblog. He wrote a series of blog posts in 2005 criticizing Mohammed Mehdi Khalaji, a fellow at the Washington Instute for Near East Policy. On... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 10/31/2007 - 12:00pm - 0 comments
  • Khalaji v. Derakhshan
    Date: 10/19/2007
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Canada
    Publication: Blog
    In October 2007, Mohammed Mehdi Khalaji, a fellow of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, filed a defamation lawsuit in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice against prominent Iranian-born, Canadian-based blogger Hossein Derakhshan. Khalaji alleges that, in a number of posts... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 10/31/2007 - 11:16am - 0 comments
  • Loan Center of California v. Krowne (Email)
    Date: 04/18/2007
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Lawsuit Filed
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: Georgia
    Publication: Blog
    Krowne operates The Mortgage Lender Implode-O-Meter (ml-implode.com, mortgageimplode.com), a Web site that posts information about mortgage lending companies that have gone out of business or are expected to go out of business. On April 18, 2007, Krowne posted an e-mail from an... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 10/25/2007 - 12:45pm - 0 comments
  • Zomba Recording, LLC v. Lavandeira
    Date: 10/11/2007
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Settled (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Blog
    Zomba Recording, LLC filed a lawsuit for copyright infringement and conversion against popular Hollywood blogger Mario Lavandeira (aka Perez Hilton) for allegedly uploading unreleased Britney Spears tracks onto his celebrity gossip blog, www.perezhilton.com. Zomba, a Sony BMG subsidiary which owns the... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 10/24/2007 - 9:18am - 0 comments
  • Doninger v. Niehoff
    Date: 07/16/2007
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Dismissed (total)
    Type: Disciplinary Action
    Jurisdiction: Connecticut
    Publication: Blog
    Administrators barred a Connecticut high school student from running in a student election after the student critized admininstrators online for their handling of a student festival. In the spring of 2007, Jamfest, a yearly music festival at a Connecticut high school, experienced... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 10/23/2007 - 2:13pm - 0 comments
  • Unknown Homeowner v. Madison
    Date: 09/01/2007
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition:
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
    Publication: Blog
    Mike Madison and two co-bloggers published Blog-Lebo, which covers matters of local interest in Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania. In September 2007, Madison posted about a neighborhood dispute that arose when a local homeowner re-landscaped his backyard and blocked (or threatened to block)... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 10/18/2007 - 9:34am - 0 comments
  • Cahill v. Doe (Schaeffer)
    Date: 11/02/2004
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Settled (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Delaware
    Publication: Blog
    Using the alias "Proud Citizen," an anonymous commenter posted two statements on the "Smyrna/Clayton Issues Blog," a website sponsored by the Delaware State News. The statements criticized Patrick Cahill, a City Councilman of Smyrna, saying that Cahill was "paranoid" and had undergone... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/20/2007 - 7:23pm - 0 comments
  • Barrett-Jackson Auction Co. v. Clabuesch
    Date: 03/15/2007
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Settled (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Arizona
    Publication: Blog, Email, Forum, Print
    The Barrett-Jackson Auction Company sued David Clabuesch a Michigan probate judge, and his company, ThumbCo, for breach of contract and defamation relating to actions and statements Clabuesch allegedly made concerning an antique car the company sold for him. Barrett-Jackson claims in its... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/10/2007 - 3:55pm - 0 comments
  • Apple v. DePlume
    Date: 01/04/2005
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Settled (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Blog
    DePlume's blog, Think Secret, published a report about a new $500 monitor-less iMac, new iWork software, and the price and features of the Mac Mini days before MacWorld 2005. In January 2005, Apple sued DePlume and his company for misappropriation of trade... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/10/2007 - 3:55pm - 0 comments
  • Cohen v. Ford
    Date: 06/02/2000
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Settled (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Blog
    Stephen M. Cohen sued Luke Ford for defamation over Ford's blog coverage of a lawsuit brought against Cohen by another party. The case settled in February 2001. ... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/10/2007 - 3:55pm - 0 comments

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