Legal Threats Initiated by Correspondence

  • 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    Disposition: Withdrawn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
  • American Federation of Teachers v. AFTexposed.com
    Date: 10/08/2009
    Status: Pending
    Disposition: Withdrawn
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: Michigan
    Publication: Website
    In October 2009, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) sent a cease-and-desist letter to the publisher of AFTexposed.com, claiming that the website's domain name violated the AFT's trademark rights and the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 02/09/2010 - 5:39pm - 0 comments
  • Ancel v. Bowles
    Date: 03/05/2008
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition:
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: Connecticut
    Publication: Website
    Amy Ancel, a local politician in Connecticut, posted a comment on WestportNow.com, a community news site in Westport Connecticut, in which she accused two users of the site of libeling her. The disputed comments occurred in a... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 04/18/2008 - 2:01pm - 0 comments
  • Antioch University v. The Antioch Papers
    Date: 02/29/2008
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition:
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: Ohio
    Publication: Website
    The Antioch Papers, an investigative journalism and media arts website, maintains and "open archive for primary source materials that document the institutional life of Antioch College and by extension Antioch University."  Source materials have been gathered through publicly accessible archives and through... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 11/04/2011 - 10:06am - 0 comments
  • Apple, Inc. v. Odioworks, LLC
    Date: 11/01/2008
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Dismissed (total)
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Wiki
    In November 2008, Apple, Inc. threatened legal action against Odioworks, LLC, a corporation that operates public wiki site BluWiki, if Odioworks did not take down information published on BluWiki about how to use an iPod or iPhone with third-party software.   Odioworks... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 11/07/2011 - 4:27pm - 0 comments
  • Associated Press v. Drudge Retort
    Date: 06/10/2008
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Material Removed
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: Florida
    Publication: Blog
    On June 10, 2008, the Associated Press ("AP") sent a takedown request under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to Rogers Cadenhead, the founder of Drudge Retort, a liberal alternative to (and parody of) the well-known ... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 06/16/2008 - 6:04pm - 0 comments
  • Atkinson v. McLaughlin (Letter)
    Date: 10/22/2002
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Lawsuit Filed
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: North Dakota
    Publication: Email, Website
    Patrick Atkinson is the founder and executive director of the God's Child Project, a charitable organization that provides health and medical care, food, and education to children in Guatamala. Dr. James McLaughlin and Roberta McLaughlin volunteered for the God's Child Project from... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 08/18/2008 - 3:59pm - 0 comments
  • Avis v. Turkewitz
    Date: 10/23/2007
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: New York
    Publication: Blog
    Eric Turkewitz is a personal injury attorney who operates a blog. On September 17, 2007, Turkewitz used the Avis and Hertz logos... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 11/12/2007 - 7:24pm - 0 comments
  • Best Buy v. Laughing Squid
    Date: 12/11/2007
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Withdrawn
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Blog
    On December 11, 2007, Best Buy sent a cease-and-desist letter to Scott Beale of Laughing Squid for reporting on an "Improv Everywhere" prank and their sales of T-shirts mocking the Best Buy logo. Best Buy claimed the post infringed its trademarks... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 12/13/2007 - 6:26pm - 0 comments
  • CAIR v. Whitehead (Letter)
    Date: 01/06/2004
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Lawsuit Filed
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: Virginia
    Publication: Website
    The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) sent a cease-and-desist letter to Andrew Whitehead, claiming that Whitehead had made defamatory statements about the organization on his website. The letter stated that CAIR would file a lawsuit against Whitehead unless Whitehead agreed to... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 11/04/2007 - 3:37pm - 0 comments
  • Center for Consumer Freedom v. Marion Nestle
    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... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 05/02/2008 - 4:49pm - 0 comments
  • Church of Scientology v. Gawker
    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... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 02/05/2008 - 2:26pm - 0 comments
  • Citizens United v. Wisconsin Democracy Campaign
    Date: 03/10/2010
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: Wisconsin
    Publication: Social Network, Website
    On March 10, 2010, a lawyer representing the conservative non-profit organization Citizens United sent a demand letter to Mike McCabe, director of the Madison-based Wisconsin Democracy Campaign.  The letter claimed that Wisconsin Democracy Campaign's "Citizens United Against Citizens... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 03/15/2010 - 3:06pm - 0 comments
  • City of Sheboygan v. Reisinger
    Date: 10/19/2007
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Withdrawn
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: Wisconsin
    Publication: Website
    Jennifer Reisinger operates Sheboygan Spirit, a website pertaining to the government and community of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, and Brat City Web Design, a site promoting her web development business.  Reisinger's business site contained a link to the ... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 12/05/2007 - 9:50pm - 0 comments
  • Colin Farrell v. Gonzales
    Date: 01/29/2008
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Material Removed
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: New York
    Publication: Blog
    David Gonzales, a freelance writer who blogs on the TheBadandUgly and Read It or Don't, received an email from a "legal representative" for Irish actor Colin Farrell alleging that a post he had written about the actor was defamatory.... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 02/08/2008 - 5:54pm - 0 comments
  • Colocation America v. Garga-Richardson (2nd Letter)
    Date: 08/16/2010
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Lawsuit Filed
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Forum
    On August 16, 2010, counsel for Colocation America and Mr. Albert Ahdoot sent a cease-and-desist letter to Archie Garga-Richardson, the founder and operator of ScamFraudAlert.com. ScamFraudAlert.com is a forum site that focuses on alleged Internet scams, security threats, and fraudulent... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 05/03/2011 - 11:47am - 0 comments
  • Colocation America v. Garga-Richardson (Letter)
    Date: 03/27/2009
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Lawsuit Filed
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Forum
    On March 27, 2009, counsel for Colocation America and Mr. Albert Ahdoot sent a cease-and-desist letter to Archie Garga-Richardson, the founder and operator of ScamFraudAlert.com. ScamFraudAlert.com is a forum site that focuses on alleged Internet scams, security threats, and fraudulent... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 04/01/2009 - 7:19pm - 0 comments
  • Commissioner Bob Cranmer v. Voice PAC
    Date: 02/03/1999
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Material Removed
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
    Publication: Website
    Voice PAC, a Pennsylvania "good government" political action committee, carried a satirical piece on its website in which it used a photograph of Bob Cranmar, Commissioner of Allegheny County, that it placed alongside the text. Commissioner Cranmer and the... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 02/08/2008 - 12:02pm - 0 comments
  • Conde Nast v. Estabrook
    Date: 02/12/2010
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction:
    Publication: Blog
    In February 2010, Conde Nast Publications sent an email to freelance journalist and blogger Barry Estabrook asking him to remove articles posted on his blog, Politics of the Plate.  Estabrook originally wrote the articles in question for publication in Gourmet... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 02/16/2010 - 5:00pm - 0 comments
  • Coons v. Oliphant (Letter)
    Date: 12/23/2006
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Lawsuit Filed
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: Tennessee
    Publication: Email
    On December 22, 2006, John Oliphant sent a mass email entitled "the Worst Party Guest Ever," in which he made insulting remarks about Ron Coons and accused him of drugging women at a party. The email included a picture of Coons and... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 10/15/2007 - 2:26pm - 0 comments

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