Lawsuits Involving Blogs

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

  • Connecticut v. Turner
    Date: 06/11/2009
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Criminal Charge
    Jurisdiction: Connecticut
    Publication: Blog
    In June 2009, state authorities in Connecticut charged right-wing New Jersey blogger and Internet radio host Hal Turner with inciting injury to person or property, a class C felony.  According to press accounts, Turner urged readers to "take... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/21/2009 - 6:38pm - 0 comments
  • Sarah Palin v. "Gryphen"
    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... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/17/2009 - 9:21pm - 0 comments
  • Chang v. Greenwald
    Date: 07/17/2009
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Subpoena
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Blog
    On September 9, 2009, Superior Court Judge Shelleyanne Chang ruled (scroll to Item 7) on blogger David Greenwald's motion to quash a subpoena seeking the identity of commenters to his blog, the People's Vanguard... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/14/2009 - 6:04pm - 0 comments
  • California Bar v. Wilson
    Date: 01/23/2009
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Material Removed
    Type: Disciplinary Action
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Blog
    The California Bar suspended Frank Russell Wilson for failing to disclose he that he was an attorney and blogging about a trial while serving as a juror. Wilson served a juror during the trial of a man charged with five counts... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 08/31/2009 - 7:06pm - 0 comments
  • Rosenberg v. Spicy Bear Media
    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... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 08/31/2009 - 7:14pm - 0 comments
  • Devenyns v. Albero
    Date: 07/24/2009
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Dismissed (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Maryland
    Publication: Blog
    A Maryland prison director filed a defamation lawsuit against Maryland political blogger Joseph Albero for allowing an allegedly defamatory user comment to appear on his website. Douglas Devenyns claims an anonymous commenter on Albero's Salisbury News blog falsely stated he was a... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 08/28/2009 - 10:11am - 0 comments
  • Office of Dispute Resolution v. Stengle
    Date: 06/30/2006
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition:
    Type: Disciplinary Action
    Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
    Publication: Blog
    Linda Stengle was a special education due process hearing officer from July 1998 through June 2006, working for the Pennsylvania Office of Dispute Resolution on consecutive one-year contracts.  In June 2006, her contract was not renewed because of her blogging activity.  On... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 08/18/2009 - 12:07pm - 0 comments
  • Glass v. Doe d/b/a pogowasright.org
    Date: 07/30/2009
    Status:
    Disposition:
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Blog, Forum
    Jane Doe, an anonymous blogger and author of the website Pogo Was Right: Privacy News from Around the World, filed suit in the Central District of California against Lillian Glass, Ph.D. The lawsuit seeks a declaratory judgment that (1) Doe is protected... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 08/14/2009 - 3:28pm - 0 comments
  • Sedgwick Claims Management Services v. Delsman
    Date: 04/03/2009
    Status: Pending
    Disposition: Dismissed (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Blog, Print, Website
    Sedgwick, a company that provides insurance claims management services, sued Robert Delsman, a former employee of one of Sedgwick's clients, for copyright infringement, defamation, and other torts, after he created gripe sites, blogs, videos and print materials criticizing the company. Delsman's beef... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 08/11/2009 - 12:04pm - 0 comments
  • Moore v. Allen
    Date: 06/26/2009
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Directed Verdict/Judgment Notwithstanding Verdict (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Minnesota
    Publication: Blog
    Former University of Minnesota employee Jerry Moore filed a lawsuit in June 2009 against blogger John Hoff, online commenter Don Allen, and five anonymous commenters who Moore says published intentionally defamatory content in order to get him fired. The lawsuit was filed... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 08/05/2009 - 6:01pm - 0 comments
  • Lewandowski v. Lavandeira
    Date: 07/15/2009
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Blog
    Jonathan Lewandowski, who apparently operates a celebrity blog under the pseudonym Jonathan Jaxson, filed a lawsuit against Mario Lavandeira, better known as celebrity blogger Perez Hilton, for allegedly mentioning Jaxson in a ... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 07/31/2009 - 4:52pm - 0 comments
  • Gannon v. Walker
    Date: 11/20/2006
    Status: Pending
    Disposition: Dismissed (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Arizona
    Publication: Blog, Print, Website
    Edward Gannon, a pilot with US Airways, filed a lawsuit against Paula Walker, Sue Burris, and Brian Shunick, three airline attendants, claiming that they defamed him by reporting Gannon's willingness to take-off in an airplane with iced wings to... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 07/28/2009 - 5:54pm - 0 comments
  • Sethi v. TechCrunch
    Date: 06/28/2009
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: United Kingdom
    Publication: Blog
    On February 19, 2009, lawyers representing Sam Sethi, a former employee of TechCrunch and former CEO of now-defunct BlogNation, sent a letter to TechCrunch co-founder Michael Arrington threatening suit "within the jurisdiction of the High Court of England... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 07/16/2009 - 5:26pm - 0 comments
  • Guinness World Records v. FAIL Blog
    Date: 07/01/2009
    Status: Pending
    Disposition: Material Removed, Material Reinstated
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction:
    Publication: Blog
    Guinness World Records Limited (GWR) sent a cease-and-desist email to FAIL Blog after it published a posting called "Record Breaking Fail," which showed a screenshot from the Guinness World Records website for the entry "most... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 07/15/2009 - 2:00pm - 0 comments
  • B.F. Shaw Printing v. Skinner
    Date: 06/11/2009
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Settled (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Illinois
    Publication: Blog
    B.F. Shaw Printing, the Northwest Herald’s parent company, filed a lawsuit against Cal Skinner Jr.,  a local blogger, for alleged defamatory comments, regarding the Herald's past funding and supposed political bias, that he posted on his blog. Shaw's three-count complaint claims defamation, false... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 07/09/2009 - 4:36pm - 0 comments
  • Palin v. Moore
    Date: 07/04/2009
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: Alaska
    Publication: Blog, Broadcast, Website
    On July 4, 2009, an attorney for Alaska Governor Sarah Palin sent an open letter to Alaska blogger Shannyn Moore, the Huffington Post, MSNBC, the New York Times, The Washington Post, and other news organizations threatening to file... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 07/05/2009 - 11:45am - 0 comments
  • Cafiero v. Custer
    Date: 08/14/2008
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
    Publication: Blog, Forum, Social Network, Website
    John Cafiero, a rock musician and manager of punk bands The Ramones and The Misfits, filed suit against Doug Custer (a/k/a Doug Evil) alleging in his complaint that Custer infringed his copyright by posting an animated video featuring The Misfits... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 06/25/2009 - 12:32am - 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
  • Comins v. VanVoorhis
    Date: 05/13/2009
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Florida
    Publication: Blog
    Christopher  Comins, an Orange County businessman, filed a defamation lawsuit against Matthew Frederick VanVoorhis, who publishes a wordpress blog called Public Intellectual.  Comins objects to two of VanVoorhis' blog posts from June and August... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 06/04/2009 - 11:19am - 0 comments
  • Remove Your Content v. Does
    Date: 03/02/2009
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Texas
    Publication: Blog, Email, Forum
    Remove Your Content LLC, which bills itself as a "targeted adult content removal service," filed suit in federal district court in Texas against 20 unnamed defendants for defamation, business disparagement, tortious interference, assault, and trademark infringement. Remove Your Content's claims... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 06/03/2009 - 5:35pm - 0 comments

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