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  • JL Kirk Associates v. Coble
    Date: 02/27/2007
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Withdrawn
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: Tennessee
    Publication: Blog
    Katherine Coble posted information on her blog relating to her husband's personal experience with JL Kirk Associates, a job placement company. In the posting, Coble criticized the company's "interview process" and made other statements about the company and its recruitment tactics. A... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/10/2007 - 3:59pm - 0 comments
  • Johns-Byrne Company v. TechnoBuffalo
    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... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 02/01/2012 - 11:31am - 0 comments
  • Johnson v. Barras
    Date: 03/01/2007
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Dismissed (partial), Settled (partial), Withdrawn
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: District of Columbia
    Publication: Email, Forum
    Roslyn Johnson, former Deputy Director of the D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation, sued Jonetta Rose Barras, Talk Media Communications, government watchdog website DCWatch, two DCWatch executives, and The District of Columbia, after DC Watch published in its electronic newsletter... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 07/30/2008 - 2:07pm - 0 comments
  • Johnson v. ComplaintsBoard.com
    Date: 06/26/2008
    Status: Pending
    Disposition: Default Judgment, Dismissed (total), Material Removed
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Missouri
    Publication: Forum
    Susan and Robert Johnson, owners of Cozy Kittens Cattery, LLC, sued consumer review site ComplaintsBoard.com, its (alleged) publishers Elizabeth Arden and Michelle Reitenger, and two ComplaintsBoard users who commented on a complaint thread about Susan Johnson and her cat breeding... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 01/15/2009 - 12:24pm - 0 comments
  • Johnson v. Tucker Max
    Date: 05/02/2003
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Injunction Issued, Withdrawn
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Florida
    Publication: Blog
    Tucker Max maintains a website detailing his sexual exploits with women. He had a relationship with former Miss Vermont, Katy Johnson, and put the entire story on his website under the title, the "Miss Vermont Story." Johnson sued Max in... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/10/2007 - 3:58pm - 0 comments
  • Jones Day v. BlockShopper LLC
    Date: 08/12/2008
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Settled (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Illinois
    Publication: Website
    Founded in 2006, BlockShopper.com is a start-up local online real estate news service covering Chicago, South Florida, Las Vegas, and St. Louis. Its reporting staff is made up of ex-print journalists who collect public real estate sales data, then use... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/06/2008 - 2:16pm - 0 comments
  • Jones v. Above The Law
    Date: 10/27/2009
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Withdrawn
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Florida
    Publication: Blog
    In October 2009, Donald Marvin Jones, a law professor at the University of Miami School of Law, sued David Lat and David Minkin, editor and publisher of the popular law gossip blog Above the Law (ATL), as well as ATL's parent company,... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 11/04/2009 - 5:30pm - 0 comments
  • Jones v. Dirty World, LLC
    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... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 01/13/2012 - 9:09am - 0 comments
  • Jones v. WorldNetDaily
    Date: 04/01/2001
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Settled (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Tennessee
    Publication: Broadcast, Website
    Tennessee businessman Clark Jones sued WorldNetDaily.com, a socially conservative news and opinion website, and freelance reporters Charles C. Thompson II and Tony Hays for defamation in Tennessee state court, after WorldNetDaily.com published an article written by Thompson and Hays claiming that Jones... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 02/13/2008 - 9:52am - 0 comments
  • Joyner v. Lazzareschi
    Date: 09/26/2005
    Status: Pending
    Disposition: Dismissed (partial)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Forum, Website
    Jeffrey Joyner, a California soccer coach, sued Jerry Lazzareschi, the operator of the forum Soccertalk.com, and his domain registrar Domains by Proxy, Inc., after a number of allegedly false and defamatory statements about Joyner appeared on Lazzareschi's forum site.   Joyner coached two... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 04/22/2009 - 10:34am - 0 comments
  • Judge Lenard v. Markus
    Date: 12/31/2007
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Withdrawn
    Type: Other
    Jurisdiction: Florida
    Publication: Blog
    David O. Markus, an attorney who writes the Southern District of Florida Blog, was silenced by a gag order issued by Judge Joan Lenard of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, in connection with the... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/17/2008 - 5:16pm - 0 comments
  • Julius Baer Bank and Trust v. Wikileaks
    Date: 02/06/2008
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Injunction Denied, Injunction Issued, Withdrawn
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Wiki
    On February 6, 2008, Julius Baer Bank and Trust Company, a Cayman Islands banking entity, filed suit in federal court in California against Wikileaks, which is developing an "uncensorable Wikipedia for untraceable mass document leaking and analysis." ... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 02/18/2008 - 4:22pm - 0 comments
  • Justin Bieber v. FreeBieber.org
    Date: 10/25/2011
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Website
    Fight for the Future is an advocacy organization focusing on free speech and consumer rights issues related to intellectual property and technology. The organization is opposed to Senate Bill S.978, introduced in May 2011, which alters the criminal penalties for copyright... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 10/31/2011 - 3:04pm - 0 comments
  • Kansas University v. Lawrence Journal-World
    Date: 12/10/2007
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Withdrawn
    Type: Criminal Investigation
    Jurisdiction: Kansas
    Publication: Website
    On December 10, 2007, an investigator with the Kansas University Office of Public Safety delivered a search warrant to the Lawrence Journal-World, a highly regarded newspaper in Lawrence, Kansas, demanding access to the newspaper’s computer servers. The search warrant, issued... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 01/09/2008 - 12:12pm - 0 comments
  • Kaplan v. Salahi
    Date: 09/12/2006
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Verdict (plaintiff)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Blog
    Lee Kaplan, a freelance journalist and columnist for FrontPageMag.com, sued Yaman Salahi, a student blogger at the University of California at Berkeley, in small claims court for libel and interfering with business relations. Salahi's blog, Lee Kaplan Watch, monitored and... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/10/2007 - 3:59pm - 0 comments
  • Karl v. Feinstein
    Date: 02/26/2008
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: Colorado
    Publication: Blog
    A lawyer for Denver Nuggets coach George Karl has threatened blogger Andrew Feinstein with legal action if he crosses "the boundaries of permissible speech." Feinstein, a frustrated Nuggets fan, created a blog called Fire George Karl, lamenting what he sees as a series... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 03/06/2008 - 9:46am - 0 comments
  • Kavakich v. Chavla
    Date: 04/20/2004
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Settled (total)
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
    Publication: Forum
    Terri and Munir Chavla, operators of a community forum called LocalScoop.net, along with three anonymous users of the site sued Mark Kavakich, the local chief of police. According to the lawsuit, Kavakich posted messages on the site threatening to uncover the identities... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 11/17/2007 - 12:20pm - 0 comments
  • Kavakich v. Chavla (Subpoena)
    Date: 04/20/2004
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Settled (total)
    Type: Subpoena
    Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
    Publication: Forum
    Terri and Munir Chavla, operators of a community forum called LocalScoop.net, along with three anonymous users of the site sued Mark Kavakich, the local chief of police, after Kavakich sent them a subpoena seeking the identities of users of the site. According... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 11/17/2007 - 5:37pm - 0 comments
  • Kehoe v. Craigslist
    Date: 03/01/2010
    Status: Pending
    Disposition: Material Removed
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: New York
    Publication: Forum
    Leo Kehoe, a Queens accountant, sued Craigslist, Inc. in New York state court after an anonymous individual posted ads on Craigslist calling him a "crook" and a "fraudulent scumbag." Kehoe also sued the anonymous poster. According to Gothamist,... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 03/23/2010 - 6:44pm - 0 comments
  • Keith Goodridge Construction v. WYBS, Inc.
    Date: 08/18/2008
    Status: Pending
    Disposition: Dismissed (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Oregon
    Publication: Website
    In August 2008, Keith Goodridge sued WYBS, Inc., owner of the site www.merchantcircle.com, and a John Doe using the screen name "Attorney" over allegedly defamatory comments posted to the site.  According to the complaint, a posting from June 4, 2008... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 08/17/2009 - 5:44pm - 0 comments

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