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Date: 10/27/2000
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Dismissed (total), Material Removed
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: California
Publication: Social Network
Actress Christianne Carafano (stage name Chase Masterson) sued Matchmaker.com, an internet dating site, after a user created a fake profile using Masterson's name, address, telephone number, and pictures.
Matchmaker.com is an internet dating site that allows members to post their own...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 02/05/2009 - 10:51am - 0 comments
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Date: 06/12/2009
Status: Pending
Disposition: Dismissed (total)
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Publication: Website
In June 2009, Career Agents Network (CAN), a company in the recruiting industry, sued the domain registrant of two domain names associated with a gripe site about the company. Lawrence R. White, the registrant, created the gripe site and registered the domain...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 03/03/2010 - 5:54pm - 0 comments
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Date: 06/15/2011
Status: Pending
Disposition: Lawsuit Filed
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Illinois
Publication: Website
On June 15, 2011, Carleton Hotel LLC (owner of The Carleton at Oak Park hotel) filed suit against two customers for a negative review posted on travel site TripAdvisor.com. The defendants allegedly posted the review after staying at The Carleton...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 07/07/2011 - 5:45pm - 0 comments
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Date: 07/22/2008
Status: Pending
Disposition:
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Publication: Website
On July 30, 2008, Alexander Carmichael sued William White for defamation in New Jersey state court. Carmichael runs the League of American Patriots, a white supremacist group. White operates Overthrow.com, the website of the American National...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 12/18/2009 - 5:20pm - 0 comments
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Date: 03/12/2009
Status: Pending
Disposition:
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Florida
Publication: Website
In March 2009, Cash4Gold sued Michele Liberis, a former employee, for defamation based on a post Liberis submitted to the consumer watchdog website Complaints Board.
As described in Cash4Gold's complaint, the posting contained numerous allegations of unsavory business...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 09/03/2009 - 6:46pm - 0 comments
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Date: 07/02/2009
Status: Pending
Disposition: Material Removed
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: New York
Publication: Website
In July 2009, Marc Castaldi, a real estate developer, brought a defamation lawsuit in New York state court against Goetz Fitzpatrick, LLP, after he discovered LegalLawComplaints.com (no longer available), which linked to documents related to legal claims involving Castaldi or his...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 01/12/2010 - 5:09pm - 0 comments
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Date: 02/23/2010
Status: Pending
Disposition:
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: California
Publication: Forum
Cats and Dogs Animal Hospital, Inc., a veterinary practice in Long Beach, California, brought a class action lawsuit against Yelp! Inc. in California federal court, alleging violations of California unfair competition law.
The complaint, filed on February 23, 2010, claims that Yelp!...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 03/03/2010 - 4:19pm - 0 comments
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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...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 09/15/2008 - 6:45pm - 0 comments
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Date: 01/29/2008
Status: Pending
Disposition:
Type: Correspondence
Jurisdiction: District of Columbia
Publication: Blog
Dr. Marion Nestle, who publishes the blog What To Eat, criticized the Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) in a blog post, accusing the CCF of, among other things, receiving its funding from and serving as a mouthpiece for...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 05/02/2008 - 4:49pm - 0 comments
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Date: 10/24/2006
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Verdict (plaintiff)
Type: Denial of Access
Jurisdiction: District of Columbia
Publication: Website
The Center for Public Integrity (CPI), a nonprofit organization dedicated to producing investigative journalism on issues of public concern, requested to be treated as a representative of the news media for purposes of document requests it made under the Freedom of Information...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 12/19/2007 - 12:07pm - 0 comments
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Date: 08/29/2008
Status: Pending
Disposition: Dismissed (partial), Settled (partial)
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Arizona
Publication: Forum
Certain Approval Programs, LLC and its CEO Jack Sternberg sued Xcentric Ventures, LLC and Edward Magedson in Arizona federal court for defamation and other torts over a user report published on the Ripoff Report website.
Ripoff Report is a website...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 11/13/2008 - 3:22pm - 0 comments
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Date: 08/31/2007
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Dismissed (total)
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: California
Publication: Print, Website
In 2001, Kwang Yul Cha, a Korean fertility researcher and fertility clinic operator, co-wrote a paper entitled "Does prayer influence the success of in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer? Report of a masked, randomized trial." The controversial paper, which appeared in the Journal...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 10/25/2007 - 9:59am - 0 comments
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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...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 09/14/2009 - 6:04pm - 0 comments
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Date: 06/15/2012
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Dismissed (total)
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: California
Publication: Website
Charles Carreon is an attorney, who was retained by FunnyJunk, LLC, on matters related to the website FunnyJunk.com. On June 2, 2012, Carreon sent a letter on behalf of FunnyJunk to Matthew Inman, creator of TheOatmeal.com, which threatened legal action and demanded...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 07/20/2012 - 3:57pm - 0 comments
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Date: 07/15/2008
Status: Pending
Disposition:
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Illinois, Switzerland
Publication: Forum
In July 2008, the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) and Chicago 2016, a non-profit corporation responsible for the preparation, submission, and negotiation of a bid application to bring the 2016 Olympic Games to Chicago, filed an administrative complaint with the WIPO Arbitration...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 02/02/2009 - 3:09pm - 1 comments
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Date: 02/03/2006
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Dismissed (total)
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Illinois
Publication: Forum
The Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law ("CLC") sued craigslist for violations of the Fair Housing Act ("FHA") arising from its users' postings of allegedly discriminatory housing ads on the popular classfied advertising site.
Craigslist hosts ads...
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Legal Threat - Arthur Bright - 08/27/2008 - 6:10pm - 0 comments
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Date: 03/14/2006
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Settled (total)
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: California
Publication: Social Network
The owner of the Chicks Sporting Goods chain, which has stores in Southern California, sued James Kuziw for defamation over content on his MySpace page. Later, Chicks Sporting Goods Inc. was added as a plaintiff, and another defendant was named. The defendants...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 09/10/2007 - 3:55pm - 0 comments
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Date: 03/05/2007
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Dismissed (partial), Settled (total)
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Arizona
Publication: Forum
In March 2007, Children of America, Inc., a childcare provider, sued Ed Magedson and Xcentric Ventures, LLC, the owners and operators of the Ripoff Report website, for defamation in Arizona state court.
Ripoff Report is a consumer reporting website that invites consumers...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 11/15/2007 - 2:54pm - 0 comments
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Date: 08/17/2006
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Withdrawn
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Connecticut
Publication: Blog
James Boyne created a website about Daniel Choy, a doctor against whom his wife had won a malpractice suit. Choy initially sued for defamation in New York state court. That case was dismissed in April 2006. Choy then sued in Connecticut state...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 09/10/2007 - 3:55pm - 0 comments
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Date: 01/15/2008
Status: Pending
Disposition:
Type: Correspondence
Jurisdiction: New York
Publication: Website
A nine-minute video featuring Tom Cruise excitedly proclaiming the virtues of Scientology was leaked onto the Internet. Gawker, YouTube, and other sites posted the video. The Church of Scientology's lawyers sent out cease-and-desist letters and emails to a range of re-publishers, most...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 02/05/2008 - 2:26pm - 0 comments