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  • 24grille v. TripAdvisor.com
    Date: 04/02/2009
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Michigan
    Publication: Website
    24 Grille, a self-described upscale restaurant at a hotel in Detroit, Michigan, filed a libel and negligence lawsuit against review site TripAdvisor.com after an anonymous TripAdvisor user advised others to avoid the restaurant. According to the complaint, the poster told... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 07/17/2009 - 11:15am - 0 comments
  • 2clix v. Wright
    Date: 08/17/2007
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Withdrawn
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Australia
    Publication: Forum
    In August 2007, 2Clix Australia sued Simon Wright, the founder of Australian broadband discussion forum Whirlpool, for alleged "injurious falsehood." According to 2Clix, Wright permitted anonymous users of the forum to post unmediated comments, and two threads contained "false and malicious" comments... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 05/02/2008 - 3:00pm - 0 comments
  • 2TheMart.com v. Doe
    Date: 01/24/2001
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Subpoena Quashed
    Type: Subpoena
    Jurisdiction: Washington
    Publication: Forum
    2TheMart.com, Inc. was in the process of defending itself against a class-action lawsuit alleging that it misled investors. In doing so, the company claimed that it needed the identities of 23 Internet users who had posted comments on the Silicon Investor... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 11/29/2007 - 10:03pm - 0 comments
  • A Pocono Country Place Property Owners Association v. Sciarrone
    Date: 06/01/2008
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
    Publication: Forum
    A Pocono Country Place Property Owners Association and several of its members have sued Robert Sciarrone, the operator of The Pocono SpeakEasy, a forum "[d]edicated for our First Amendment Right to speak out" on issues related to the Pocono region... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/21/2008 - 8:39pm - 0 comments
  • A&P v. D'Avella
    Date: 08/24/2007
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Settled (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: New Jersey
    Publication: Blog
    Two brothers from New Jersey, Mark and Matthew D'Avella, spent the summer working for the A&P supermarket in Califon, New Jersey. They made the best of what could have been a boring situation by creating parodic rap songs with supermarket themes under... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 08/30/2007 - 4:30pm - 0 comments
  • ABC v. Spocko
    Date: 12/21/2006
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Withdrawn
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
    Publication: Blog
    Blogger "Spocko" posted audio clips from a talk radio program on San Francisco-based KSFO-AM on his blog in order to criticize what he viewed as racially insensitive and religioulsy intolerant rhetoric on the part of the radio hosts. In... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 02/22/2008 - 11:31am - 0 comments
  • Abourezk v. ProBush.com
    Date: 05/27/2003
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Settled (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: South Dakota
    Publication: Website
    On May 27, 2003, former South Dakota Senator James G. Abourezk filed a defamation suit against Michael Marino, one of the co-owners of ProBush.com, a website that "offered unconditional support of the 43rd US President, George W. Bush," based on Abourezk's... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 06/12/2009 - 1:33am - 0 comments
  • Abshire v. Pearl
    Date: 01/01/2006
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Dismissed (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Texas
    Publication: Forum
    Dale Abshire filed a lawsuit in a Texas state court against David Pearl after Pearl posted a series of allegedly defamatory responses on the Yahoo! Finance AXA Internet message board in response to Abshire's posts. According to the appellate decision... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 12/10/2009 - 10:15am - 0 comments
  • Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences v. Oscarwatch.com
    Date: 05/01/2007
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Material Removed, Settled (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Website
    In 2007, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (the host of the Oscars) sued Sasha Stone, operator of Oscarwatch.com. Launched in 1998, Oscarwatch.com was a website featuring blog commentary, predictions, analysis, a forum, and contests relating to the Oscars. The... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 06/11/2008 - 4:42pm - 0 comments
  • ACORN v. O'Keefe
    Date: 09/17/2008
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Dismissed (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Maryland
    Publication: Website
    The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) sued James O'Keefe, Hannah Giles, and Breitbart.com LLC for allegedly violating Maryland surveillance and wiretapping law by making and disseminating a hidden-camera video of ACORN employees Shera Williams and Tonja Thompson giving tax advice to... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/23/2009 - 6:48pm - 0 comments
  • Admission Consultants, Inc. v. Google
    Date: 11/13/2007
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Subpoena Quashed
    Type: Subpoena
    Jurisdiction: New York
    Publication: Forum
    Admission Consultants, Inc. filed a motion for pre-action discovery in New York court, asking Google for identifying information relating to two email addresses tied to anonymous posts to a forum about business schools on BusinessWeek.com. The objected-to comments criticized... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/16/2009 - 9:19pm - 0 comments
  • Admission Consultants, Inc. v. McGraw Hill Publishing Co.
    Date: 08/22/2007
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Subpoena Enforced
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: New York
    Publication: Forum
    Admission Consultants, Inc. petitioned the New York Supreme Court to order McGraw Hill, publishers of the BusinessWeek "B-School" forums, to disclose the registration information of several BusinessWeek forum posters.  The posters allegedly defamed Admission Consultants in their posts. On October 3,... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/29/2011 - 2:13pm - 0 comments
  • Advanced Armament Corp. v. Garner
    Date: 05/06/2008
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Settled (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Oregon
    Publication: Forum
    Advanced Armament Corp., a Georgia manufacturer of silencers for firearms, sued Ian Hale Garner in Oregon over statements he posted on Internet chat rooms for gun enthusiasts.  Advanced Armament brought suit in federal court in May 2008 seeking damages and injunctive relief... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 10/21/2009 - 6:38pm - 0 comments
  • AF Holdings LLC v. Doe
    Date: 04/24/2012
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Other
    On April 24, 2012, AF Holdings LLC filed a complaint against a John Doe defendant as well as individual defendant Josh Hatfield in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, arising out of the alleged distribution via... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 11/28/2012 - 2:09pm - 0 comments
  • Al-Azhar University v. Abdul Kareem Nabeel Suliman
    Date: 03/14/2006
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Verdict (plaintiff)
    Type: Disciplinary Action
    Jurisdiction: Egypt
    Publication: Blog
    Egyptian law student Abdul Kareem Nabeel Suliman ("Kareem"), using the psuedonym Kareem Amer, posted a series of articles critizing the Islamic faith, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, and Al-Azhar University to his blog and websites, Modern Discussion and Copts United. Some of his posts critized the... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 11/29/2007 - 10:08pm - 0 comments
  • Albritton v. Cisco Systems, Inc.
    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 - - 09/03/2008 - 6:01pm - 0 comments
  • Alf v. Buffalo News Inc.
    Date: 10/23/2008
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: New York
    Publication: Print, Website
    In October 2007, Christopher J. Alf filed a lawsuit against The Buffalo News for publishing allegedly defamatory articles about National Air Cargo, Inc., Alf's Orchard Park, NY freight-forwarding firm. According to Alf's complaint, The Buffalo News... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 10/07/2009 - 1:48pm - 0 comments
  • Alkateeb v. Does
    Date: 05/13/2005
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Dismissed (partial), Withdrawn
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: New York
    Publication: Email, Forum
    Naji A. Alkateeb and Deanna R. Wilson-Alkateeb filed a "John Doe" lawsuit in federal district court in New York in May 2005. According to court documents, several anonymous Internet users(using Google and Hushmail email addresses) allegedly postedinsulting comments, threats, and... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 02/28/2008 - 2:59pm - 0 comments
  • Allegheney Energy v. Doe
    Date: 10/16/2003
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Subpoena Enforced, Withdrawn
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
    Publication: Forum
    Allegheney Energy ("AE") sued a John Doe who posted anonymous criticism of the company that included racial epithets on a Yahoo! Finance forum dedicated to AE.  Because the anonymous author included statements in his posts indicating that he was a long-time AE... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 06/20/2008 - 2:36pm - 0 comments
  • Allegheney Energy v. Swiger
    Date: 10/28/2005
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Dismissed (total)
    Type: Disciplinary Action
    Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
    Publication: Forum
    Allegheney Energy ("AE") fired Clifton Swiger for allegedly posting anonymous criticism of the company and racial epithets on a Yahoo! forum.  AE said the posts were a violation of AE's diversity policy. In October 2003, AE sued Swiger as a John Doe... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 06/20/2008 - 2:47pm - 0 comments

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