Lawsuits Involving Blogs

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

  • Arthur v. TMZ.com (state)
    Date: 04/21/2008
    Status: Pending
    Disposition: Material Removed
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Texas
    Publication: Blog
    Virgie Arthur, the mother of deceased celebrity Anna Nicole Smith, filed a defamation suit against a number of bloggers and others in Texas state court, alleging that the defendants conspired to ruin her reputation through defamatory e-mails, blog and website postings, and... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/21/2008 - 11:11am - 2 comments
  • City of Memphis v. Does
    Date: 07/10/2008
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Withdrawn
    Type: Subpoena
    Jurisdiction: Virginia, Tennessee
    Publication: Blog
    The City of Memphis and the Memphis Police Director Larry Godwin filed a petition for pre-litigation discovery in Tennessee state court, seeking the identity of  a number of unknown defendants, including the pseudonymous blog operators of MPD... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/19/2008 - 7:27pm - 0 comments
  • Arthur v. Turner
    Date: 03/14/2008
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Withdrawn
    Type: Subpoena
    Jurisdiction: Texas
    Publication: Blog
    Virgie Arthur subpoenaed blogger Nelda (Rose) Turner and her husband Kenneth Turner as part of her lawsuit against Howard K. Stern and other defendants in federal court in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.  The subpoenas sought emails from... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/19/2008 - 6:23pm - 1 comments
  • Arthur v. TMZ.com (federal)
    Date: 03/17/2008
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Dismissed (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Texas
    Publication: Blog, Website
    Virgie Arthur,  mother of deceased celebrity Anna Nicole Smith, attempted to add several bloggers as defendants to a defamation lawsuit in Texas federal court.  Arthur originally filed claims of defamation and conspiracy to defame against Howard K. Stern, CBS Studios, and KPRC... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/19/2008 - 4:35pm - 0 comments
  • Arthur v. Harrington
    Date: 01/28/2008
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Subpoena
    Jurisdiction: Texas
    Publication: Blog
    Virgie Arthur, mother of deceased celebrity Anna Nicole Smith, subpoenaed blogger Lyndal Harrington in a federal defamation lawsuit.  Arthur originally filed claims of defamation and conspiracy to defame against Howard K. Stern, CBS Studios, and KPRC Houston after Stern and Anna Nicole... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/19/2008 - 3:46pm - 0 comments
  • MP v. Does
    Date: 09/02/2007
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Material Removed, Subpoena Quashed
    Type: Subpoena
    Jurisdiction: Texas
    Publication: Blog
    Proceeding anonymously, the owner of a country club located in Del Mar, California filed a petition in Texas state court seeking pre-litigation discovery from Google, arguing that "derogatory statements" about her had been posted on "blogs hosted by Google." The Texas state... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/19/2008 - 2:50pm - 0 comments
  • Florida Bar v. Conway
    Date: 04/03/2008
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition:
    Type: Disciplinary Action
    Jurisdiction: Florida
    Publication: Blog
    The Florida Bar took disciplinary action against Florida attorney Sean Conway after he wrote a post on JAABlog criticizing Judge Cheryl Aleman's practice of setting unreasonably short time periods for criminal defendants to prepare for trial.  In the... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/19/2008 - 2:11pm - 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
  • Sachay v. Coconate
    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... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/17/2008 - 4:24pm - 0 comments
  • Tilghman v. Albero
    Date: 07/10/2007
    Status: Pending
    Disposition: Verdict (defendant)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Maryland
    Publication: Blog
    Barrie P. Tilghman, Mayor of Salisbury Maryland, filed a defamation lawsuit against local blogger Joe Albero, who operates the Salisbury News blog, wich covers matters of local interest in Salisbury and Wicomico County. The case is pending in Wicomico County... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/17/2008 - 3:01pm - 0 comments
  • Knight v. Lavandeira
    Date: 05/11/2007
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Withdrawn
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: New York
    Publication: Blog
    In May 2007, professional photographer Ken Knight sued Mario Lavandeira for copyright infringement in New York federal court.  The dispute arose out of Lavandeira's alleged use of Knight's photograph of Jason Alexander (briefly married to Britney Spears in 2004) on PerezHilton.com.  Lavandeira... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/17/2008 - 1:32pm - 0 comments
  • NYP Holdings v. Lavandeira
    Date: 05/02/2005
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Material Removed, Settled (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: New York
    Publication: Blog
    In May 2005, NYP Holdings, Inc., the owner of the New York Post, sued Mario Lavandeira (a.k.a Perez Hilton) for trademark law violations and unfair competition in federal court in New York.  NYP Holdings alleged that Lavandeira's operation of the PageSixSixSix gossip... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/17/2008 - 11:47am - 0 comments
  • Lavandeira v. Infuse, LLC
    Date: 07/21/2008
    Status: Pending
    Disposition: Default Judgment
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Blog
    Celebrity gossip blogger Mario Lavandeira (aka Perez Hilton), who operates the blog perezhilton.com, sued Infuse LLC, Margie E. Rogers and Elizabeth Silver-Fagan, the owner, editor and publisher, respectively, of a rival celebrity blog named PerezRevenge.com, which describes itself as a... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/16/2008 - 12:07am - 0 comments
  • Silver v. Lavandeira
    Date: 07/22/2008
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: New York
    Publication: Blog
    On July 22, 2008, Elizabeth Silver, a blogger on PerezRevenge.com (now www.rPulse.com), which describes itself as a "website where celebrities could post information about their careers, events and when necessary personal lives without the taint of rumor or speculation" sued rival celebrity... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/16/2008 - 12:29am - 0 comments
  • E! Entertainment Television v. De Filippis
    Date: 07/01/2008
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Dismissed (total), Material Removed
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Blog
    E! Entertainment filed a lawsuit against Louie De Filippis and several companies he is alleged to be associated with over several websites and blogs he operated called enewzbuzz, one of which described itself as "Canada's Leading Entertainment News and Image... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/15/2008 - 7:33pm - 0 comments
  • Cedillos v. Madigan
    Date: 06/16/2005
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Dismissed (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Blog
    In April 2005, Ronald Cedillos, an Orange County reserve sheriff's deputy, allegedly got into a shouting match at a Newport Beach restaurant with attorney Joe Cavallo. Later, Cedillos allegedly used a key to scratch Cavallo's Bentley automobile.  Michael Madigan, a private investigator... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/15/2008 - 6:45pm - 0 comments
  • Shurwest Product Connection, LLC v. Premium Producers Group LLC
    Date: 02/21/2007
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Arizona
    Publication: Blog
    ShurWest Product Connection dba The Annexus Group, a distributor of insurance products, filed a defamation lawsuit against Premium Producers Group, Mitchell Maynard, and Dorice Maynard over, among other things, a review they published on their blog, Index Annuity... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/15/2008 - 5:53pm - 0 comments
  • Polich v. Nahmod
    Date: 07/11/2008
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Injunction Issued
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Arizona
    Publication: Blog
    In July 2008, freelance writer and gay rights blogger David Nahmod, who blogs on David's Open Forum and on the gay news website www.lavenderliberal.com, was enjoined by an Arizona judge from posting online the names or hometown of a couple in Arizona... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/15/2008 - 4:34pm - 0 comments
  • Port Arthur Independent School District v. Klein
    Date: 05/03/2001
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Dismissed (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Texas
    Publication: Blog
    In 2001, the Port Arthur Independent School District sued Philip Klein and his company Klein & Associates Political Relations for defamation after Klein published a post on the South East Texas Political Review blog stating that a "huge fight" had... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/15/2008 - 3:32pm - 0 comments
  • Mesa Airlines v. Uslan
    Date: 01/24/2007
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Dismissed (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Arizona
    Publication: Blog
    Mesa Airlines, which operates go! airline serving the Hawaiian islands, sued Mike Uslan, a pilot employed by rival Aloha Airlines, over postings Uslan allegedly made on the Dont Fly Go Airlines website, a blog that was critical of go!  The... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/15/2008 - 3:58pm - 0 comments

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