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Date: 04/01/2007
Status: Pending
Disposition:
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Publication: Blog, Website
Republican political consultant Jeff Roe filed a defamation lawsuit against First Capitol News, LLC, and First Capitol Publications and Photography, LLC, after First Capitol published an article on its website characterizing Roe's blogging and political activity as "character...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 11/03/2008 - 2:23pm - 0 comments
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Date: 07/31/2007
Status: Pending
Disposition: Injunction Issued, Material Removed
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: California
Publication: Website
In summer 2007, parents in Santa Clarita, California sought an injunction against Jack McClellan, a self-proclaimed pedophile who maintained websites promoting his belief that "girl-love" is positive and healthy.
According to the MLRC, McClellan's website stated that its purpose was "to...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 01/28/2009 - 6:47pm - 0 comments
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Date: 01/12/2010
Status: Pending
Disposition:
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Publication: Forum
Karen Roebuck, a former employee of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, commenced legal action against Tribune-Review publisher Trib Total Media, two of its editors, and a John Doe defendant over comments posted to the unaffiliated VoyForums site, self-described as "a forum to...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 04/20/2010 - 2:30pm - 0 comments
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Date: 10/24/2006
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Dismissed (total)
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Arkansas
Publication: Print, Website
Sandy Romen, a detective in the Saline County Sheriff's office sued the operator of a website, philmask.com (now defunct), that criticized the operations of the Saline County Sherriff, Phil Mask.
Romen sued over an article that originally ran in the...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 09/10/2007 - 3:55pm - 0 comments
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Date: 01/13/2012
Status: Pending
Disposition: Dismissed (partial)
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: California
Publication: Social Network
On January 13, 2012, Ron Paul's presidential campaign organization sued anonymous YouTube users in federal court over a video posted on YouTube by user "NHLiberty4Paul" on January 4, 2012. The video is critical of then-Republican presidential candidate Jon Hunstman,...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 01/20/2012 - 2:10pm - 0 comments
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Date: 07/12/2007
Status: Pending
Disposition: Dismissed (total), Settled (partial)
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: California
Publication: Blog
Samantha Ronson, a prominent DJ and friend of movie star Lindsey Lohan, sued popular celebrity blogger Mario Lavandeira (aka Perez Hilton) and others for libel in California state court in June 2007.
According to Ronson's complaint, the online magazine "Celebrity Babylon"...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 09/10/2007 - 3:59pm - 0 comments
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Date: 05/15/2009
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Material Removed, Settled (total)
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Virginia
Publication: Blog
Rosenberg, a professional photographer, sued the operator of a Charlottesville, VA community blog (now defunct) for copyright infringement, claiming it failed to remove images of his photograph that were posted (twice) to its site by unknown...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 08/31/2009 - 7:14pm - 0 comments
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Date: 01/26/2007
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Material Removed, Withdrawn
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: New York
Publication: Website
Bestselling author Ellen Fein created gripe site about her former dentist, Larry Rosenthal, on which she made negative comments about his work.
In January 2007, Rosenthal sued Fein for defamation in New York state court. According to the New York Supreme Court...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 09/10/2007 - 3:58pm - 0 comments
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Date: 12/04/2009
Status: Pending
Disposition:
Type: Correspondence
Jurisdiction: Florida
Publication: Micro-blog, Social Network
Counsel for Route 60 Hyundai, a car dealership in Florida, sent a demand letter to Thomas Alascio after he posted critical comments about the dealership on Twitter and Facebook. The letter accused Alascio of defaming the company and demanded that...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 01/04/2010 - 4:04pm - 0 comments
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Date: 10/31/2007
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Injunction Issued, Verdict (plaintiff)
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: New York
Publication: Print, Website
J.K. Rowling, the author of the successful Harry Potter books and films, and Warner Brothers, which produces and markets Harry Potter movies and products, filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against book publisher RDR Books in the United States District Court for the...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 12/07/2007 - 11:17am - 0 comments
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Date: 04/23/2007
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Withdrawn
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Publication: Forum, Other
In April 2007, building contractor RSA Enterprises, Inc. and its owner Raffi Arslanian sued Ripoff Report for defamation and trade libel over a negative report submitted to the consumer complaint website by a dissatisfied customer. In addition,...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 12/05/2008 - 5:55pm - 0 comments
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Date: 07/19/2009
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Withdrawn
Type: Correspondence
Jurisdiction: Japan
Publication: Blog
After Jarkoff posted an entry about the security risks he sees with the login mechanism of the Navy Federal Credit Union (NFCU) website on his blog, TechMiso, he received an e-mail from the RSA Anti Fraud Command Centre. RSA Security...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 10/09/2009 - 10:55am - 0 comments
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Date: 05/20/2011
Status: Pending
Disposition: Lawsuit Filed
Type: Correspondence
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Publication: Website
On April 14, 2011, plaintiff "S.C." sued TheDirty, a gossip web site that advertises itself as the "first ever reality blogger," and Nik Richie, owner of the web site, for posting allegedly defamatory comments submitted by a third party. According to the...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 07/18/2011 - 5:38pm - 0 comments
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Date: 10/31/2007
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Dismissed (partial), Injunction Issued, Material Removed, Verdict (plaintiff)
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Florida
Publication: Blog, Forum, Website
Lawyer Edward T. Saadi brought a defamation lawsuit against Pierre Maroun -- Saadi's cousin -- and Hala Fakhre Maroun over statements they allegedly posted to blog biggestloosers.blogspot.com (defunct). According to Saadi's complaint, the Marouns' blog postings accused him of engaging...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 11/12/2008 - 4:33pm - 0 comments
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Date: 04/04/2008
Status: Pending
Disposition: Withdrawn
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Illinois
Publication: Blog
James Sachay, former assistant commissioner of the Chicago’s aviation department, sued Frank Coconate and the Chicago Reader for defamation and false light after the Chicago Reader's Clout City blog published a comment that purported to be written by...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 09/17/2008 - 4:24pm - 0 comments
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Date: 07/27/2009
Status: Pending
Disposition:
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Illinois
Publication: Social Network
A Chicago-area cosmetology school has filed suit against Illinois resident Nicholas Blacconiere and an unknown John Doe for allegedly creating a Facebook page that the school claims defamed its directors and used its logo without permission. The Salon Professional Academy of Elgin,...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 08/12/2009 - 2:01pm - 0 comments
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Date: 10/25/2012
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Dismissed (total)
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Publication: Blog
In August 2012, two football players from Steubenville High School were arrested and charged with the rape of a 16-year-old girl. Classmates circulated Twitter posts, videos, and photographs indicating that the players may have carried the girl, unconscious, from party to party...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 01/17/2013 - 1:00pm - 0 comments
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Date: 12/18/2008
Status: Pending
Disposition: Dismissed (partial), Material Removed
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Kentucky
Publication: Print, Website
Robert Salyer sued the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) in Kentucky state court over allegedly defamatory content in its print and online magazine, "Intelligence Report," which he claims stated that "he had been disbarred from practicing in military courts and also that...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 07/07/2009 - 6:33pm - 0 comments
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Date: 05/10/2006
Status: Pending
Disposition:
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: California
Publication: Forum
In May 2006, Sandra Caron European Spa, based in San Mateo, California, sued a former employee and her husband for trade libel over critical reviews about the Spa on Yahoo.com and consumer review website Yelp.com. According to...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 01/21/2009 - 7:09pm - 0 comments
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Date: 08/01/2009
Status:
Disposition:
Type: Correspondence
Jurisdiction: Alaska
Publication: Blog
On August 1, 2009, Sarah Palin's lawyer sent a cease and desist letter to Alaskan blogger "Gryphen" over a post published earlier that day on Gryphen's blog ImmoralMinority.
The cease and deist letter takes issue with a number...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 09/17/2009 - 9:21pm - 0 comments