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Date: 09/10/2008
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Lawsuit Filed
Type: Correspondence
Jurisdiction: California
Publication: Website
Krista Railey published an article critical of the Grant America Program in her "FHA Mortgage Whistleblower" column on Aaron Krowne's mortgage watchdog website, The Mortgage Lender Implode-O-Meter. The Grant America Program is a seller-financed downpayment assistance
program...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 10/29/2008 - 11:53am - 0 comments
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Date: 07/24/2006
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Dismissed (total)
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Arizona, Canada
Publication: Forum
Global Royalties, Ltd., an international firm that brokers investments in gemstones, sued Xcentric Ventures, Inc., Ed Magedson, and Jane Doe Magedson over three allegedly defamatory posts made by a third party, Spencer Sullivan, on Xcentric's website Ripoff Report. According to...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 03/06/2008 - 4:05pm - 0 comments
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Date: 11/22/2000
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Dismissed (total)
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: California
Publication: Forum
Global Telemedia International (GTMI), a publicly traded telecommunications company, sued a number of anonymous users who posted negative comments about the firm and its officers on the financial message board Raging Bull, alleging that the posts constituted trade libel and libel...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 11/19/2007 - 7:54pm - 0 comments
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Date: 03/01/2010
Status: Pending
Disposition: Injunction Denied, Injunction Issued
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Publication: Blog
Global Wildlife Center, a wildlife preserve in Folsom, Louisiana, sued Nicholas Brilleaux, publisher of the Hammond Action News blog, after he published a satirical article about a fake giraffe attack at the preserve. Hammond Action News publishes Onion-style...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 03/15/2010 - 3:58pm - 0 comments
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Date: 04/06/2006
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Dismissed (total), Settled (partial)
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Indiana
Publication: Print, Website
On February 21, 2006, Austrian politician Peter Pilz posted comments on his (Austrian) website about Glock pistols making their way to the black market in Turkey. Der Standard, a German-language newspaper, reported on Pilz's statements in its print and online editions.
On...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 09/10/2007 - 3:58pm - 0 comments
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Date: 01/16/2004
Status: Pending
Disposition:
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Publication: Forum
Danna and Richard Goldhaber sued Charles Kohlenberg for defamation in New Jersey state court after Kohlenberg allegedly posted derogatory comments about them on an Internet newsgroup devoted to cruises and cruise ships. Kohlenberg did not appear in the New Jersey action...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 09/12/2008 - 5:50pm - 0 comments
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Date: 08/03/2007
Status:
Disposition:
Type: Correspondence
Jurisdiction: California
Publication: Website
An attorney for Fred Goldman and his copyright management company, Ron Goldman, LLC, sent a cease and desist letter to Digg.com, a social linking site. In the letter, the attorney alleged that Digg was "encouraging and inducing users of...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 10/22/2007 - 9:54pm - 0 comments
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Date: 04/08/2009
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Settled (total)
Type: Correspondence
Jurisdiction: Florida
Publication: Website
Banking and securities firm Goldman, Sachs & Co. sent a cease-and-desist letter to blogger Michael Morgan alleging that his websites infringed the firm's "Goldman Sachs" trademark. The websites -- www.goldmansachs666.com and www.goldmansachs13.com -- serve as "an open forum for...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 04/15/2009 - 3:41pm - 0 comments
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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. §...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 11/15/2007 - 2:08pm - 0 comments
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Date: 03/26/2010
Status: Pending
Disposition:
Type: Other
Jurisdiction: New York
Publication: Website
This entry was submitted by a guest on March 28, 2010.
An attorney for Google and YouTube indicated today that the Web giants may call a prominent tech reporter to the witness stand in an effort to reveal who leaked the journalist...
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Legal Threat - Guest - 05/07/2010 - 3:03am - 0 comments
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Date: 11/09/2012
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Default Judgment, Injunction Issued
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Publication: Website
On November 9, 2012, attorney Richard A. Goren filed a complaint in the Superior Court for Suffolk County against John Doe d/b/a Arabianights-Boston, Massachusetts, and Steven DuPont a/k/a Steven Christian DuPont.
According to the complaint, on January 31, 2012, defendant Doe...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 07/30/2013 - 10:17am - 0 comments
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Date: 05/05/2008
Status: Pending
Disposition: Dismissed (total)
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Publication: Forum
Jack Gorman, a doctor of podiatric medicine, sued fellow podiatrists Allen Jacobs, John Levin, and Richard Benjamin for defamation and other tort claims based on comments they wrote on Podiatry Management Online's news forum, PM News "The Voice of Podiatrists". ...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 02/18/2009 - 7:06pm - 0 comments
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Date: 07/07/2009
Status: Pending
Disposition:
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Illinois
Publication: Forum
Attorneys at Favaro & Gorman Ltd. filed a lawsuit against Jennifer Meale and Xcentric Ventures, LLC over allegedly defamatory posts made anonymously by Meale on Ripoff Report, a consumer review website. It is not clear how the law determined that...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 07/21/2009 - 6:24pm - 0 comments
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Date: 01/21/2003
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Dismissed (total), Material Removed
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: California
Publication: Website
In December 2002, Roger Grace was the winning bidder on several auctions of Hollywood memorabilia being sold by Tim Neeley on the popular action site, eBay. After Grace left negative feedback about the transactions, Neeley posted a negative comment about...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 10/26/2008 - 11:26pm - 0 comments
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Date: 10/02/2008
Status: Pending
Disposition: Lawsuit Filed
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Florida
Publication: Website
On October 2, 2008, the Grand Palms Golf & Country Club in Pembroke Pines, FL filed a suit in Broward County Court against Jessica Rapillo, a New York resident. According to the New York Hospitality blog, the Grand Palms alleges...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 04/09/2009 - 12:59pm - 0 comments
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Date: 12/15/2009
Status: Pending
Disposition:
Type: Other
Jurisdiction: Florida
Publication: Website
Representative Alan Grayson (D-Fla.) sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder requesting an investigation of Angie G. Langley for violating 18 U.S.C. § 1001 by falsely representing to the Federal Elections Commission that her PAC "supports or...
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Legal Threat - Guest - 01/12/2010 - 5:37pm - 0 comments
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Date: 03/13/2008
Status: Pending
Disposition:
Type: Correspondence
Jurisdiction: California
Publication: Website
Maura Larkins, who maintains the San Diego Education Report website and writes about education attorneys in San Diego, created a page on her website where she reproduced material from a forum thread from SchwabLearning.org's Parent-to-Parent message board....
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Legal Threat - Guest - 03/19/2008 - 5:05pm - 0 comments
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Date: 05/14/2009
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Settled (total)
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Publication: Wiki
Ingham County Commissioner and Michigan political consultant Mark Grebner filed a defamation lawsuit in Michigan state court against three conservative activists for allegedly inserting false and defamatory information into his biographical Wikipedia entry. The defendants were three university students active...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 07/08/2009 - 11:00am - 0 comments
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Date: 02/14/2007
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Dismissed (total), Subpoena Quashed
Type: Subpoena
Jurisdiction: New York
Publication: Blog
The blog "Orthomom" is operated anonymously. Comments critical of Pamela Greenbaum, a Lawrence, Long Island School Board member, appeared on the blog in January 2007. Greenbaum objected to both primary blog content and a user comment.
In February 2007, Greenbaum filed a...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 09/10/2007 - 3:58pm - 0 comments
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Date: 03/27/2006
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Verdict (plaintiff)
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Minnesota
Publication: Print, Website
Gregerson is a photographer who maintains a website containing his professional photographs. Vilana Financial, Inc. used two of Gregerson's pictures without permission in phone-book and web advertisements, and print advertisements in a local Russian-language newspaper. Gregerson discovered Vilana's use of his photographs...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 09/10/2007 - 3:58pm - 0 comments