Lawsuits Involving Blogs

This page lists all lawsuits in the DMLP database that involve blogs. The most recent lawsuits are listed first

  • Conde Nast v. Estabrook
    Date: 02/12/2010
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction:
    Publication: Blog
    In February 2010, Conde Nast Publications sent an email to freelance journalist and blogger Barry Estabrook asking him to remove articles posted on his blog, Politics of the Plate.  Estabrook originally wrote the articles in question for publication in Gourmet... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 02/16/2010 - 5:00pm - 0 comments
  • Robinson v. Albero
    Date: 11/10/2009
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Maryland
    Publication: Blog
    John Robinson, a local business owner in Salisbury, Maryland, filed a defamation lawsuit against Joe Albero, rthe blogger who operates the Salisbury News. Robinson claimed that Albero harassed his family and published defamatory statements about them on his blog.  The... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 02/11/2010 - 3:52pm - 0 comments
  • Moore v. Boing Boing
    Date: 12/15/2009
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Blog
    In December 2009, counsel for Demi Moore sent a demand letter to Boing Boing, in regard to a November 17 Xeni Jardin post titled "Was Demi Moore Ralph-Laurenized on 'W' mag cover, with missing hip-flesh?."  The... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 01/28/2010 - 5:26pm - 0 comments
  • Moore v. Jezebel.com
    Date: 12/15/2009
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Blog
    In December 2009, counsel for Demi Moore sent a demand letter to Anna Holmes, Editor-In-Chief of Jezebel.com, in regard to a Jezebel post from November that speculated about whether Moore's cover photo for W Magazine had been photoshopped... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 01/27/2010 - 7:20pm - 0 comments
  • Conde Nast v. Does
    Date: 12/17/2009
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: New York
    Publication: Blog, Social Network, Website
    On December 17, 2009, Conde Nast filed a lawsuit in the Southern District of New York against unknown Doe defendants asserting claims for copyright infringement, contributory copyright infringement, and violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.  According to the Complaint, sometime... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 01/21/2010 - 2:22pm - 0 comments
  • Levinson Axelrod v. Heyburn
    Date: 11/04/2009
    Status: Pending
    Disposition: Injunction Issued
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: New Jersey
    Publication: Blog
    In November 2009, Levinson Axelrod, a New Jersey law firm, sued its former associate Edward Harrington Heyburn and his law firm over a gripe site Heyburn operated at www.levinsonaxelrod.net and later http://levinsonaxelrodreallysucks.com/. The complaint included claims for trademark infringement and dilution, violation... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 01/20/2010 - 6:43pm - 0 comments
  • Circuit Court v. Florida Times-Union
    Date: 01/14/2010
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Denial of Access
    Jurisdiction: Florida
    Publication: Blog
    On January 14, 2010, during the second day of a high-profile murder trial, Circuit Judge L. Page Haddock of the Fourth Judicial Circuit Court in Duval County, Florida, ordered a reporter for the Florida Times-Union's Jacksonville.com to stop live-blogging the... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 01/19/2010 - 5:49pm - 0 comments
  • Szukalski v. Frey
    Date: 01/09/2010
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Blog
    Ted Szukalski, an Australian photographer, sent blogger Patrick Frey of Patterico's Pontifications what purported to be a DMCA takedown notice on January 9, 2010.  The takedown notice complained about Frey's blog post that reproduced and commented on a photoshopped... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 01/14/2010 - 2:48pm - 0 comments
  • TSA v Chris Elliott and Steve Frischling
    Date: 12/29/2009
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Withdrawn
    Type: Subpoena
    Jurisdiction: Florida, Connecticut
    Publication: Blog
    On December 29, 2009, agents of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) interrogated and served subpoenas on two travel bloggers who had posted a TSA security directive put in place after the failed Christmas day "underwear bomber" attempt. The two bloggers, Steven Frischling... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 01/04/2010 - 12:55pm - 0 comments
  • North Dakota v. Nodland
    Date: 09/17/2009
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Subpoena
    Jurisdiction: North Dakota
    Publication: Blog
    During a lawsuit brought against North Dakota and the North Dakota's Workforce and Safety Insurance (WSI) by Dr. James Long , the State subpoenaed Chad Nodland, a blogger who maintains NorthDecoder.com. In the lawsuit, Long claimed that he had been unfairly dismissed... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 11/09/2009 - 4:46pm - 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
  • Butler University v. Zimmerman
    Date: 01/08/2009
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Material Removed, Subpoena Enforced, Withdrawn
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Indiana
    Publication: Blog
    In January 2009, Butler University filed a "John Doe" defamation lawsuit against the pseudonymous author of the TrueBU blog, who signed his posts "Soodo Nym." The author later was identified as Butler University student Jess Zimmerman. The complaint... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 10/30/2009 - 11:45am - 0 comments
  • Washington Redskins v. Steinberg
    Date: 10/01/2009
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Material Removed
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: District of Columbia
    Publication: Blog
    According to Techdirt, a representative of the Washington Redskins football team requested that The Washington Post remove photos from Dan Steinberg's Post-hosted D.C. Sports Bog because of alleged violation of the Redskins' credentialing policy.  Steinberg published a post about... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 10/26/2009 - 12:41pm - 0 comments
  • Miami Herald v. Bill Cooke d.b.a. Random Pixels
    Date: 08/20/2009
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: Florida
    Publication: Blog
    On August 20, 2009, counsel for the Miami Herald sent a cease and desist letter to Bill Cooke, the blogger behind Random Pixels, accusing him of copyright infringement.  The Herald alleged that Random Pixels was reproducing entire articles and ... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 10/23/2009 - 11:58am - 0 comments
  • Dolan v. Cityfile
    Date: 07/27/2009
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Retraction Issued
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: New York
    Publication: Blog
    James Dolan, Cablevision Systems Corporation, and Madison Square Garden sued the blog Cityfile: New York, its publisher, and one of its bloggers over a July 2009 post entitled "Jim Dolan to Kill Christmas in July?"  The complaint (¶... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 10/21/2009 - 7:05pm - 0 comments
  • Polo Ralph Lauren v. Boing Boing
    Date: 10/02/2009
    Status: Pending
    Disposition: Material Removed
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: California, Canada
    Publication: Blog
    In October 2009, Ralph Lauren sent a DMCA takedown notice to Boing Boing's webhost, Priority Colo, alleging that Boing Boing's posting of a Ralph Lauren advertisement violated its copyright. The Ralph Lauren advertisement featured a... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 10/14/2009 - 12:53pm - 0 comments
  • RSA v. Scott Jarkoff
    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... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 10/09/2009 - 10:55am - 0 comments
  • Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission of Illinois v. Peshek
    Date: 08/25/2009
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Disciplinary Action
    Jurisdiction: Illinois
    Publication: Blog
    The Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission filed a disciplinary complaint against a former Illinois assistant public defender, Kristine Ann Peshek, for revealing confidential information about her clients and "assisting a criminal or fraudulent act" on her blog, "The Bardd [sic] Before... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/28/2009 - 4:04pm - 0 comments
  • MonaVie v. Lazy Man and Money
    Date: 08/01/2009
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Blog
    In August and September of 2009, MonaVie LLC sent two cease-and-desist letters to Lazy Man and Money, a personal finance blog authored by Corey Whitlaw.  MonaVie produces, markets and distributes "MonaVie" juices, açai berry drinks that are rich in antioxidants. MonaVie... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/28/2009 - 2:24pm - 0 comments
  • United States v. Turner
    Date: 06/24/2009
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Criminal Charge
    Jurisdiction: Illinois
    Publication: Blog
    - In June 2009, federal authorities in Chicago charged right-wing New Jersey blogger and Internet radio host Hal Turner with threatening "to assault and murder three United States judges with intent to retaliate against [them] on account of performance of official duties," in... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/21/2009 - 7:34pm - 0 comments

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