-
Date: 10/15/2007
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Dismissed (total)
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Wyoming
Publication: Blog
In October 2007, Jonathan Lee Riches, a federal inmate incarcerated in South Carolina, filed a lawsuit in federal court in Wyoming against celebrity blogger Mario Lavandeira. Riches has gained notoriety for bringing bizarre lawsuits (The Smoking Gun has coverage here...
read full description
Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 09/15/2008 - 2:15pm - 0 comments
-
Date: 08/21/2007
Status: Pending
Disposition: Material Removed
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Illinois
Publication: Blog
Lawyers Burton Odelson and Mark Sterk sued the anonymous blogger behind the Proviso Insider, a blog focusing on politics in Proviso Township, Illinois. Odelson and Sterk allege defamation based on a July 2007 post suggesting that they might be indicted...
read full description
Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 09/15/2008 - 1:42pm - 0 comments
-
Date: 01/22/2008
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Material Removed
Type: Correspondence
Jurisdiction: United Kingdom
Publication: Blog
Dublin-based alternative medicine practitioner Dr. Joseph Chikelue Obi sent a cease-and-desist letter through his "adviser" to Netcetera, the web hosting company for Dr. Andy Lewis (a.k.a Le Canard Noir), who provides skeptical commentary on alternative medicine on his Quackometer blog....
read full description
Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 09/10/2008 - 4:36pm - 0 comments
-
Date: 10/11/2007
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Material Removed
Type: Correspondence
Jurisdiction: United Kingdom
Publication: Blog
The UK-based Society of Homeopaths sent a cease-and-desist letter to web host Netcetera demanding that it remove a post from Le Canard Noir's Quackometer blog entitled "The Gentle Art of Homeopathic Killing."
The Society alleged that the post, which criticized it...
read full description
Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 09/10/2008 - 4:35pm - 0 comments
-
Date: 03/03/2008
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Settled (total)
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Texas
Publication: Blog
Richard Frenkel authors the Patent Troll Tracker blog, where he comments on lawsuits that in his view abuse the patent system. Eric M. Albritton, a patent lawyer practicing in Texas, sued Frenkel and his employer,...
read full description
Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 09/03/2008 - 6:01pm - 0 comments
-
Date: 07/07/2008
Status: Pending
Disposition: Material Removed
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Publication: Blog
Robbins wrote a blog post that criticized a group of abutters for their actions in delaying the implementation of a dredging project through their appeals and interventions in numerous fora. The lead abutter, Joe Dugas, and his lawyer, Paul Revere,...
read full description
Legal Threat - Guest - 09/02/2008 - 3:43pm - 0 comments
-
Date: 08/28/2008
Status:
Disposition:
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: New York
Publication: Blog
Brooklyn attorney Marina Tylo filed a lawsuit against Andrew Lavoott Bluestone of the New York Attorney Malpractice Blog on August 28, 2008. According to the Summons with Notice,
Tylo seeks $10,000,000 in damages for...
read full description
Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 09/02/2008 - 10:14am - 0 comments
-
Date: 07/19/2005
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Material Removed
Type: Disciplinary Action
Jurisdiction: Iraq
Publication: Blog
Specialist Leonard A. Clark, a member of the Arizona National Guard serving in Iraq, was demoted to Private First Class for allegedly releasing classified information on his blog. According to press accounts, Clark's blog was openly critical of the war...
read full description
Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 08/29/2008 - 4:27pm - 0 comments
-
Date: 08/27/2008
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Convicted
Type: Criminal Charge
Jurisdiction: California
Publication: Blog
Kevin Cogill, a blogger on Antiquiet,
a site that provides "uncensored music reviews and interviews," was
arrested on August 27, 2008, at his home near Los Angeles on suspicion of
violating federal copyright law after he allegedly posted nine songs from...
read full description
Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 08/28/2008 - 2:18pm - 0 comments
-
Date: 08/20/2008
Status: Pending
Disposition:
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Nevada
Publication: Blog
Privé Vegas, LLC and two of its owners sued Las Vegas-based blogger Michael Politz in August 2008, alleging trademark infringement, dilution, and "disaparagement" under the Lanham Act, defamation, trade libel, tortious interference with business relations, and extortion. The company operates...
read full description
Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 08/25/2008 - 6:24pm - 0 comments
-
Date: 05/15/2008
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Material Removed, Retraction Issued, Settled (total)
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: New York
Publication: Blog
James Sottile, the mayor of Kingston, New York, sued Clark Richters, an unemployed maintenance man and cable public access producer, for defamation after Richters posted an entry to his blog, Ulster County Politics, that incorrectly stated that Sottile would be...
read full description
Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 08/18/2008 - 5:43pm - 0 comments
-
Date: 07/14/2008
Status: Pending
Disposition: Injunction Issued, Material Removed
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Illinois
Publication: Blog
School board president Chris Welch filed a defamation suit against blogger Carl Nyberg over posts accusing Welch of participating in an illegal kickback scheme. Nyberg, who runs the Proviso Probe blog, has long been an outspoken critic of Welch. This...
read full description
Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 08/18/2008 - 4:25pm - 0 comments
-
Date: 07/18/2008
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Dismissed (total)
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Florida
Publication: Blog, Forum
Production company Vision Media TV (VMT) sued blogger Leslie Richard after she accused the company of scamming small businesses in her blog and on an Internet forum. VMT's complaint asked for $20 million in damages, alleging claims of defamation, tortious interference...
read full description
Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 08/18/2008 - 4:56pm - 0 comments
-
Date: 07/24/2008
Status: Pending
Disposition: Material Removed
Type: Correspondence
Jurisdiction:
Publication: Blog
Rob Frankel of i-legions sent an email to tech blogger Jennifer Leggio of ZDNet Feeds complaining about a post by guest author Aaron Strout that used the term "branded communities." Frankel indicated...
read full description
Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 08/13/2008 - 12:18pm - 0 comments
-
Date: 06/17/2008
Status: Pending
Disposition:
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: California
Publication: Blog
On June 17, 2008, Barry Shy, a Los Angeles real estate developer, and his development company, 5th St Loft, sued Jessica Jordan and Alan Dylan, who reside in a building developed by Shy and allegedly run the website Truedowntown, the...
read full description
Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 08/12/2008 - 5:18pm - 0 comments
-
Date: 05/01/2008
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Dismissed (total)
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Virginia
Publication: Blog
Roger Woody, a landowner and developer, sued four local bloggers in Virginia state court for tortious interference with contracts, conspiracy to harm his business, and "insulting words" (closely related to defamation) after they allegedly criticized him, his business, and at least one...
read full description
Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 08/11/2008 - 6:48pm - 4 comments
-
Date: 07/14/2008
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Dismissed (total)
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Publication: Blog
Diane Wargo sued Mario Lavandeira, also known as Perez Hilton, and 25 anonymous PerezHilton.com posters in Ohio state court after Lavandeira published an email containing homophobic slurs that Wargo sent to the blog from her work email account....
read full description
Legal Threat - Arthur Bright - 08/11/2008 - 5:00pm - 2 comments
-
Date: 04/08/2008
Status: Pending
Disposition:
Type: Correspondence
Jurisdiction: New York
Publication: Blog
Note: This is a user-submitted description.
The removal of the school's logo and the addition of the disclaimer was not enough for CUNY's general counsel. In the letter they sent on 04/08/08, they said CUNY Law Blog has 10 days to change...
read full description
Legal Threat - Guest - 08/11/2008 - 4:19pm - 0 comments
-
Date: 02/20/2008
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Verdict (plaintiff)
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Illinois
Publication: Blog, Website
On February 20, 2008, an anonymous plaintiff sued Jason Fortuny in Illinois federal court for copyright infringement, invasion of privacy through the publication of private facts, and intrusion, after Mr. Fortuny allegedly posted his photograph and personal information on the Internet.
Mr....
read full description
Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 08/08/2008 - 3:03pm - 0 comments
-
Date: 10/04/2007
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Lawsuit Filed
Type: Correspondence
Jurisdiction: Washington
Publication: Blog
In October 2006, an unknown individual sent Jason Fortuny and his web host a DMCA takedown notice, complaining about a photograph posted on Mr. Fortuny's blog, RFJason.
Mr. Fortuny, a now-famous Internet "troll" who was featured in an ...
read full description
Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 08/08/2008 - 2:51pm - 0 comments