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Date: 12/12/2000
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Dismissed (total), Subpoena Quashed
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: California
Publication: Forum
Hollis-Eden Pharmaceuticals ("HEPH") sued several anonymous users of a Yahoo! forum in California state court for defamation, trade libel, and tortious interference after the posters criticized the company and its management on the Yahoo! Message Board devoted to the company.
According...
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Legal Threat - Arthur Bright - 08/27/2008 - 6:40pm - 0 comments
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Date: 01/18/2008
Status: Pending
Disposition:
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Florida
Publication: Blog
In January 2008, Florida property developer Tibor Hollo and his company Opera Tower, LLC, sued Lucas Lechuga, a 29-year-old Miami realtor, and Lechuga's former employer, EWM Realtors, for defamation.
According to the complaint, Lechuga published statements on his blog, "...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 02/05/2008 - 3:43pm - 0 comments
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Date: 12/14/1999
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Dismissed (total)
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: California
Publication: Blog
Laurie Holmes, widow of porn actor John Holmes, sued Luke Ford, operator of a porn industry blog, for posting a statement on his website indicating that she had "turned tricks" on the set of some of her husband's movies.
On October...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 09/10/2007 - 3:55pm - 0 comments
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Date: 03/06/2008
Status: Pending
Disposition: Dismissed (total)
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: California
Publication: Blog
Roy Holmgren sued the Murrietta Opinion and About Murrieta blogs, as well anonymous operators and/or commenters to these blogs, for defamation in California state court in March 2008. The complaint alleged that the defendants published...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 10/17/2008 - 1:51pm - 0 comments
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Date: 01/12/2009
Status: Pending
Disposition:
Type: Subpoena
Jurisdiction: Illinois
Publication: Blog
In the midst of a lawsuit over efforts to redevelop Wilson Yard in Chicago, developer Peter Holsten sent a subpoena to Google, Inc. for information regarding two anonymous Chicago blogs.
In December 2008, community group Fix...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 02/04/2009 - 5:07pm - 0 comments
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Date: 07/20/2009
Status: Pending
Disposition: Dismissed (total)
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Illinois
Publication: Micro-blog
Horizon Realty Group, an apartment leasing and management company in Chicago, filed a defamation lawsuit last week against a former tenant, Amanda Bonnen, over a tweet she posted about the company on Twitter. According to the ...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 07/28/2009 - 2:42pm - 0 comments
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Date: 05/17/2005
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Dismissed (partial), Settled (total)
Type: Disciplinary Action
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Publication: Print, Website
In the fall of 2004, two students at Hudson High School ("HHS") in Hudson, Massachusetts formed a Conservative Club in an effort to provide a forum for pro-conservative views on campus. The HHS Conservative Club was affiliated with a national organization, the...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 10/10/2007 - 2:40pm - 1 comments
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Date: 03/08/2007
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Material Removed, Settled (total)
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Kentucky
Publication: Blog
Anthony and Sheri Huff, a Kentucky businessman and his wife, sued Mark Nickolas, a political blogger, for defamation after he implied in a blog post that they bought dismissal of an alleged felony indictment by contributing to the Kentucky Republican Party and...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 09/10/2007 - 3:58pm - 0 comments
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Date: 03/29/2006
Status: Pending
Disposition:
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Florida
Publication: Email, Verbal
Former city manager of Venice, Florida, George Hunt, sued VeniceFlorida.com writer John Patten and local resident Sylvia Parrish for defamation.
Hunt had left his post in January 2004 after environmental violations by the city utilities department surfaced. Hunt claims in his lawsuit...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 09/10/2007 - 3:58pm - 0 comments
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Date: 06/03/2003
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Dismissed (partial), Injunction Issued
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: California
Publication: Website
Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS) and one of its employees filed a lawsuit in California state court against Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty, USA (SHAC), the Animal Liberation Front (ALF), and animal rights activists associated with both groups. The plaintiffs sought an injunction against...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 11/18/2009 - 6:46pm - 0 comments
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Date: 09/30/1999
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Subpoena Enforced, Withdrawn
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Florida
Publication: Forum
Eric Hvide sued eight anonymous Yahoo and America Online posters for defamation in Florida state court after the posters criticized Hvide's running of Hvide Marine, Inc. The record is sketchy, but it appears the court ordered disclosure of the commenters' identities despite...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 02/03/2010 - 2:03pm - 0 comments
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Date: 12/10/2004
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Settled (total)
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Arizona
Publication: Forum
Hy Cite Corporation, a company that sells dinnerware and cookware under the trademarked name "Royal Prestige," sued Xcentric Ventures, LLC and Edward Magedson in Arizona federal...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 11/17/2008 - 7:28pm - 0 comments
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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...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 08/13/2008 - 12:18pm - 0 comments
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Date: 01/11/2007
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Default Judgment, Withdrawn
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: New York
Publication: Forum
IGIA, Inc., a company that sells vacuum cleaners and other houseware products, sued Xcentric Ventures, LLC and Ed Magedson in federal court in New York over negative user reports published on the Ripoff Report, a consumer complaint website. IGIA claimed that...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 12/15/2008 - 6:46pm - 0 comments
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Date: 06/11/2008
Status: Pending
Disposition:
Type: Denial of Access
Jurisdiction: Illinois
Publication: Website
Avvo, which operates a consumer legal directory (www.avvo.com), sought registration and disciplinary information for all lawyers licensed in Illinois. The Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission (ARDC), an agency of the Illinois Supreme Court, maintains this information. Avvo's request was...
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Legal Threat - Guest - 06/16/2008 - 7:53pm - 0 comments
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Date: 09/18/2008
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Subpoena Enforced, Subpoena Quashed
Type: Subpoena
Jurisdiction: Illinois
Publication: Website
An Illinois grand jury subpoenaed The Alton Telegraph newspaper in September 2008, seeking the names, addresses and IP addresses of readers who posted comments to TheTelegraph website under five pseudonyms. The subpoena required that the newspaper's keeper of records appear...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 10/17/2008 - 3:18pm - 0 comments
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Date: 10/12/2000
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Subpoena Enforced
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Publication: Forum
Pharmaceutical company Immunomedics sued "moonshine_fr," a company employee who allegedly posted confidential internal documents on a Yahoo! Finance message board, and several John Does in New Jersey state court on claims of breach of contract, breach of duty of loyalty,...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 08/13/2008 - 2:32pm - 0 comments
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Date: 01/01/2007
Status: Concluded
Disposition:
Type: Correspondence
Jurisdiction:
Publication: Website
On October 31, 2007, Doug Clark of the Greensboro News-Record wrote a blog post about a campaign speech made by Douglas McCullough, a North Carolina Court of Appeals judge, to a group of Republican supporters. During the speech,...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 12/21/2007 - 12:39pm - 0 comments
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Date: 06/01/2004
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Subpoena Quashed
Type: Subpoena
Jurisdiction: Texas
Publication: Email
Jimmie Cokinos, a former Jefferson County Commissioner, petitioned a Texas state court for permission to issue a subpoena to Time Warner Cable seeking the identity of a subscriber. The subscriber, using the pseudonym "recall+carl01," had sent a series of emails to...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 03/12/2008 - 12:28pm - 0 comments
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Date: 05/28/2010
Status:
Disposition:
Type: Criminal Investigation
Jurisdiction: District of Columbia
Publication: Website
James Rosen is a national news journalist for the Fox News Channel. On June 11, 2009, Rosen published an article on www.foxnews.com entitled "North Korea Intends to Match U.N. Resolution with New Nuclear Test." His Gmail email account is referenced...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 08/05/2013 - 12:35pm - 0 comments