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Date: 05/18/2009
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Material Removed, Settled (total)
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Tennessee
Publication: Blog, Micro-blog
Michael Patrick Leahy, author and founder of "Top Conservatives On Twitter," filed a lawsuit against blogger Stephanie Grasmick, Twitter user "Duke St. Journal," and 25 anonymous Twitter users for libel, false light invasion of privacy, intentional...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 05/21/2009 - 3:50pm - 0 comments
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Date: 09/11/2008
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Material Removed
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Texas
Publication: Blog, Email
On September 11, 2008, concert promoter Ally David filed a defamation suit in conjunction with Bend Studio, LLC against local musician Salim Nourallah after Salim criticized David's handling of charity funds on his blog. David had been one of a group in...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 05/19/2009 - 5:54pm - 0 comments
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Date: 05/12/2009
Status: Pending
Disposition: Material Removed
Type: Correspondence
Jurisdiction:
Publication: Blog
In May 2009, lawyers for Merrill Lynch sent cease-and-desist letters alleging copyright infringement to"Tyler Durden" of the financial blog Zero Hedge over six posts that cited or excerpted
from Merrill Lynch reports authored by Merrill's former chief
economist, David Rosenberg. According to...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 05/14/2009 - 2:59pm - 0 comments
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Date: 03/30/2009
Status: Pending
Disposition: Injunction Issued
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Indiana
Publication: Blog, Email, Forum, Website
On March 30, 2009, Dr. Barry Eppley, a plastic surgeon in the Indianapolis area, filed a lawsuit against former patient, Lucille Iacovelli. The complaint included claims for defamation, trade disparagement, harassment, false designations and
descriptions of fact, and false light publicity based on...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 05/12/2009 - 1:30pm - 0 comments
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Date: 11/14/2008
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Injunction Issued, Withdrawn
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Kentucky
Publication: Blog
FORBA Holdings, a dental practice management company, sued blogger Debbie Hagan after she posted internal FORBA documents on her blog, Dentist the Menace, which covers alleged misconduct in the dental profession.
According to the complaint, Google search crawlers indexed a...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 05/12/2009 - 12:11pm - 0 comments
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Date: 04/01/2009
Status: Pending
Disposition:
Type: Correspondence
Jurisdiction: New York
Publication: Blog, Micro-blog
In April 2009, Danyelle Freeman, an author
and restaurant critic for the New York Daily News who runs the Restaurant Girl Blog, had her lawyers send
a cease-and-desist letter to Adam
Robb Rucinsky, the operator of an unflattering parody blog and...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 05/06/2009 - 1:45pm - 0 comments
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Date: 04/01/2009
Status: Pending
Disposition: Material Removed
Type: Criminal Investigation
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Publication: Blog
An anonymous blogger who sponsored a fake campaign
for St. Louis Blues hockey player T.J. Oshie to become mayor of
O'Fallon, Missouri posted a photograph of a ballot with Oshie's name
written in. (Although the blog remains, the photo -- available...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 05/06/2009 - 11:55am - 0 comments
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Date: 01/02/2005
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Settled (total)
Type: Denial of Access
Jurisdiction: Washington
Publication: Blog
King County, Washington officials took two years to respond to Sound Politics blogger Stefan Sharkansky's requests for information relating to the 2004 state gubernatorial election. Sharkansky sought a list of county voters who had participated in the election, at a time...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 04/29/2009 - 11:17am - 0 comments
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Date: 04/17/2009
Status: Pending
Disposition:
Type: Correspondence
Jurisdiction: Florida
Publication: Blog
On April 17, 2009, counsel for Orlando Police Chief Val Demings sent a letter threatening legal action against Ezell "Easy" Harris, publisher of Valdemings.com, a website that criticizes her performance in office. According to the Orlando Sentinel, the...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 04/28/2009 - 1:00pm - 0 comments
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Date: 04/09/2009
Status: Pending
Disposition:
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Illinois
Publication: Blog
Cherie Davis, mother of 2006 gold medal winner Shani Davis, the first African American speed skater to make the U.S. Olympic team, sued Google, Inc. in Illinois state court, seeking an injunction requiring the company to take down a blog post written...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 04/16/2009 - 12:48pm - 0 comments
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Date: 04/09/2008
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Settled (total), Verdict (plaintiff)
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: South Carolina
Publication: Blog
Scott Brandon, the head of an ad agency, filed a defamation lawsuit in South Carolina state court against Donald Wizeman over statements published on the Myrtle Beach Insider blog. According to The Sun News, Brandon alleged that Wizeman...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 04/14/2009 - 11:40am - 0 comments
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Date: 05/18/2006
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Injunction Denied, Withdrawn
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: New York
Publication: Blog, Forum, Website
On May 18, 2006, David D'Amato filed a lawsuit against David Starr, Magic Touch Productions, Kent Barclay, and a number of website hosting companies over allegedly false and defamatory statements posted on various blogs, forums, and websites. The complaint included claims for...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 04/09/2009 - 4:48pm - 0 comments
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Date: 03/09/2009
Status: Pending
Disposition:
Type: Criminal Investigation
Jurisdiction: Arizona
Publication: Blog
In March 2009, Phoenix police raided the home of Jeff Pataky, a blogger who runs Bad Phoenix Cops, a blog that has been highly critical of the Phoenix Police Department. According to The Arizona Republic,
Pataky's home was raided...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 04/09/2009 - 11:53am - 0 comments
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Date: 10/01/2008
Status: Pending
Disposition:
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Texas
Publication: Blog
Note: This is a user-submitted description.
The Red Diamond company is suing a Texas consumer for defamation, libel and business disparagement for the website www.reddiamondteaistoxic.com.
A consumer discovered toxic chemicals in a jug of Red Diamond Tea and tried to get a...
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Legal Threat - Guest - 04/06/2009 - 4:48pm - 0 comments
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Date: 03/26/2009
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Settled (total)
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: California
Publication: Blog, Micro-blog, Website
Fashion designer Dawn Simorangkir, who works under the label "BoudoirQueen," sued celebrity Courtney Love in California state court over statementsmade on Twitter, on Love's MySpace blog, and on Simorangkir's feedback page on etsy.com,an online marketplace for...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 03/30/2009 - 6:24pm - 0 comments
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Date: 10/03/2008
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Retraction Issued, Settled (total)
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Publication: Blog
On October 3, 2008, Nomvuyo Mzamane, the former headmistress of Oprah Winfrey's South African Leadership Academy for Girls, filed a defamation lawsuit in Pennsylvania state court against online news site and group blog The Huffington Post, its owner Ariana Huffington, and...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 02/26/2009 - 4:15pm - 0 comments
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Date: 01/12/2009
Status: Pending
Disposition:
Type: Subpoena
Jurisdiction: Illinois
Publication: Blog
In the midst of a lawsuit over efforts to redevelop Wilson Yard in Chicago, developer Peter Holsten sent a subpoena to Google, Inc. for information regarding two anonymous Chicago blogs.
In December 2008, community group Fix...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 02/04/2009 - 5:07pm - 0 comments
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Date: 01/30/2009
Status: Pending
Disposition:
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Publication: Blog, Broadcast
Sheldon H. Pressler, a principal of the law firm Pressler & Pressler LLP, sued Scott Mills, publisher of the CAIPNJ blog, for defamation in New Jersey state court. The complaint also named CAIPNJ.org and CAIPNJRadio as defendants. Pressler alleges...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 02/04/2009 - 12:38pm - 0 comments
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Date: 01/26/2009
Status: Pending
Disposition: Material Removed
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: California
Publication: Blog
California-based airline Virgin America filed a six-count complaint against the publisher and editors of Adrants, a blog focused on the advertising industry, after it published a post that was paired with a fake ad containing the Virgin logo...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 01/29/2009 - 5:56pm - 0 comments
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Date: 01/01/2009
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Withdrawn
Type: Subpoena
Jurisdiction: Virginia
Publication: Blog
In January 2009, Thomas Garrett, a Virginia chicken farmer, publicist, and self-proclaimed "Hollywood insider," subpoenaed blogger Waldo Jaquith, who publishes cvillenews.com,
a community news blog about Charlottesville, Virginia. Garrett's lawyer served the subpoena in connection with his...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 01/29/2009 - 3:15pm - 0 comments