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  • Harding v. Green
    Date: 12/22/2008
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Injunction Issued, Material Removed, Settled (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Nevada
    Publication: Website
    Nevada attorney Samuel A. Harding filed a defamation and cybersquatting lawsuit against Joan L. Green after Green allegedly created a website critical of Harding at www.attorneysamharding.com. Harding alleged that Green's site "falsely states that Plaintiff committed illegal and criminal acts in the representation of clients."... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 02/26/2009 - 5:14pm - 0 comments
  • Hargrave Military Academy v. Guyles
    Date: 05/08/2006
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Injunction Issued, Settled (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Virginia
    Publication: Email, Print, Website
    After their son was expelled from the Hargrave Military Academy for stealing, Jerry and Melissa Guyles wrote a letter to other parents of Hargrave students, discussing their son's expulsion and their interactions with the administration, and expressing their view that the director... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/10/2007 - 3:59pm - 0 comments
  • Harris v. Google
    Date: 02/08/2010
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Florida
    Publication: Website
    On February 8, 2010, Jonathon Harris, a rare coin dealer, filed a lawsuit against Google, Inc. in Florida state court. According to the complaint, a Google Phonebook search for rare coins returned his home address and a map to his home, rather... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 05/19/2010 - 12:53pm - 0 comments
  • Hawaii v. Wong-Fernandez
    Date: 11/12/2008
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Convicted
    Type: Criminal Charge
    Jurisdiction: Hawaii
    Publication: Social Network
    The state of Hawaii indicted Rhonda Wong-Fernandez, a former clerical assistant, on the charge of unauthorized computer access in the first degree after she allegedly accessed a female patient's medical records and posted on a MySpace page that the patient had HIV.  The... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 07/07/2009 - 5:51pm - 0 comments
  • Haywood v. St. Michael’s College
    Date: 07/24/2012
    Status: Pending
    Disposition: Dismissed (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Vermont
    Publication: Website
    In January 2012, a professor at St. Michael's College posted a profile of John D. Haywood, a candidate for President of the United States in the New Hampshire Democratic primary, to a college-owned website. His students, Logan R. Spillane and Christopher... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 02/14/2013 - 5:06pm - 0 comments
  • Health Solutions Network v. Baker
    Date: 01/29/2007
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Material Removed, Settled (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
    Publication: Blog
    On his blog, "Miscellaneous Debris," Jerry Baker accused Health Solutions Network, LLC, of being behind spam emails coming from RXCart.org. Baker explained how he supposedly traced the emails back to Health Solutions and disclosed the name and phone number... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/10/2007 - 3:59pm - 0 comments
  • Henry v. Google
    Date: 05/20/2009
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Mississippi
    Publication: Other
    Johnny I. Henry, an inventor of the vibrating toilet seat, filed a lawsuit against Google, Inc. and AOL, claiming that search results delivered by Google and hosted by AOL are defamatory.  Henry, who is African-American, asserts that Google's search results include links... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 05/28/2009 - 5:33pm - 0 comments
  • Hermès International v. Does
    Date: 02/29/2012
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Default Judgment, Injunction Issued
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: New York
    Publication: Website
    On March 6, 2012, Hermès International and its subsidiary Hermès of Paris filed a complaint (which had been prepared for February 29, 2012) in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against 34 websites that... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 07/12/2012 - 11:10am - 0 comments
  • Hermitage School District v. Layshock
    Date: 12/21/2005
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Dismissed (total)
    Type: Disciplinary Action
    Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
    Publication: Social Network
    In December 2005, high school student Justin Layshock posted a fake MySpace page parodying his high school principal, Eric Trosch. Layshock posted a picture of Trosch and answered the questions asked by the site's profile template by riffing on the word "big"... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/10/2007 - 3:59pm - 0 comments
  • Hester v. Does
    Date: 04/20/2010
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: North Carolina
    Publication: Blog
    In April 2010, Thomas S. Hester, Jr., a former Vance County commissioner running for reelection, sued 20 John Does for defamation in North Carolina Superior Court over comments appearing on the Home in Henderson blog. The comments in question were... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 07/09/2010 - 2:32pm - 0 comments
  • Hester v. Home in Henderson
    Date: 04/08/2010
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Subpoena Enforced
    Type: Subpoena
    Jurisdiction: North Carolina
    Publication: Blog
    On April 8, 2010, attorneys for former Vance County commissioner Thomas S. Hester, Jr. served a subpoena on Jason A. Feingold, editor of the Home in Henderson blog, commanding him to appear for a deposition and to turn over identifying... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 07/09/2010 - 2:25pm - 0 comments
  • Higher Balance Institute v. Signs of the Times
    Date: 02/25/2008
    Status: Pending
    Disposition: Dismissed (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Oregon
    Publication: Forum
    On March 13, 2008, Higher Balance Institute (HBI), which markets metaphysical products and education programs, filed a defamation lawsuit against the alternative news website Signs of the Times and its operators, the Quantum Future Group and Laura Knight-Jadczyk. Only Quantum Future... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 04/18/2008 - 12:09pm - 0 comments
  • Highfields Capital Management v. Doe
    Date: 07/29/2004
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Subpoena Quashed, Withdrawn
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: California, Massachusetts
    Publication: Forum
    Highfields Capital Management sued an anonymous user of a Yahoo! forum about the company Silicon Graphics, Inc. ("SGI"), of which Highfields was the largest shareholder.  Using the name "highfieldscapital," the user posted three messages allegedly suggesting that Highfields... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 08/29/2008 - 1:30pm - 0 comments
  • Hillstone Restaurant Group v. Pietrylo
    Date: 05/09/2006
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition:
    Type: Disciplinary Action
    Jurisdiction: New Jersey
    Publication: Social Network
    Brian Pietrylo and Doreen Marino filed a lawsuit against their former employer, Hillstone Restaurant Group d/b/a Houston's, following their termination for posting comments critical of the company on a private MySpace page. According to court documents, Pietrylo "setup a private group on... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 07/13/2009 - 6:40pm - 0 comments
  • Hilton v. Persa
    Date: 01/29/2007
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Injunction Issued, Settled (partial), Withdrawn
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Website
    Paris Hilton sued Bardia Persa, Nabil Haniss, Nabila Haniss, and a number of anonymous defendants in January 2007 for copyright infringement, publication of private facts, and misapproriation of her right of publicity. The case revolved around a website, ... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 02/21/2008 - 5:45pm - 0 comments
  • HIMSS v. PedSource
    Date: 02/25/2009
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: Massachusetts, Vermont
    Publication: Blog
    Lawyers from the Healthcare Information Management and Systems Society (HIMSS), a health care industry trade group, sent letters to two bloggers demanding that they remove allegedly offensive and defamatory user comments, provide any information that may help in... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 06/19/2009 - 12:33pm - 0 comments
  • Hoang v. Amazon.com, Inc.
    Date: 10/13/2011
    Status: Pending
    Disposition: Dismissed (partial)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Washington
    Publication: Website
    Junie Hoang, the stage name of Asian actress Huong Huang, filed an anonymous "Jane Doe" complaint in the Western District of Washington against the Internet Movie Database website, IMDb.com, and its parent company, Amazon.com, on October 13, 2011. Hoang, who... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 07/06/2012 - 3:50pm - 0 comments
  • Hobbs v. Pasdar
    Date: 11/25/2008
    Status: Pending
    Disposition: Dismissed (total), Material Removed
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Arkansas
    Publication: Verbal, Website
    Terry Hobbs sued Dixie Chicks singer Natalie Maines and her band mates in Arkansas state court for defamation, false light, and intentional infliction of emotional distress after Maines published a open letter on the band's website and MySpace... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 01/20/2009 - 6:05pm - 0 comments
  • Hollis v. Cunningham
    Date: 11/29/2007
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Settled (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Florida
    Publication: Forum
    Todd Hollis objected to the information users posted about him on DontDateHimGirl.com, a website that allows women to post about men and warn other women about them. In May 2006, Mr. Hollis sued Tasha Joseph/Cunningham, the operator of the website,... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 12/06/2007 - 11:49pm - 0 comments
  • Hollis v. Joseph
    Date: 05/31/2006
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Dismissed (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
    Publication: Forum
    Todd Hollis objected to the description posted about him on DontDateHimGirl.com, a website that allows women to post about men and warn other women about them. Mr. Hollis sued Tasha Joseph/Cunningham, the operator of the website, alleging defamation in Pennsylvania state court,... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/10/2007 - 4:16pm - 0 comments

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