Lawsuits Involving Blogs

This page lists all lawsuits in the DMLP database that involve blogs. The most recent lawsuits are listed first

  • GTX Global Corp. v. Left
    Date: 11/21/2005
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Dismissed (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Blog
    Andrew Left published a website called StockLemon, on which he blogged about stocks that he considered "lemons." He made comments on his blog that were critical of GTX Global Corp, and GTX sued, claiming that he made defamatory statements about it in... read full description
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  • Holmes v. Ford
    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... read full description
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  • Lake v. Ford
    Date: 12/17/1999
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Material Removed, Settled (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Blog
    There is little information available about this case. From what CMLP has been able to determine, it appears that Ford posted to his blog photographs of a women having sex with a dog and identified the woman as former Playboy model... read full description
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  • News America, Inc. v. Google Inc. (Letter)
    Date: 07/08/2005
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition:
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Blog
    An anonymous blogger posted the entire contents of the New York Post's Page Six column on a blog without advertisements. On July 8, 2005, counsel for News America (the parent company of the Post) sent Google (the parent company of Blogger) a... read full description
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  • News America, Inc. v. Google Inc. (Subpoena)
    Date: 08/04/2005
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition:
    Type: Subpoena
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Blog
    An anonymous blogger posted the entire contents of the New York Post's Page Six column on a blog without advertisements. On July 8, 2005, counsel for News America (the parent company of the Post) sent Google (the parent company of Blogger) a... read full description
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  • The Permanente Medical Group v. Cooper
    Date: 03/15/2005
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Injunction Issued
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Blog
    Permanente Medical Group, Inc. and Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. (Kaiser) sued fomer employee Elisa Cooper in California state court in March 2005. The complaint alleged that Cooper breached a confidentiality agreement and invaded the privacy of Kaiser patients by posting... read full description
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  • Splash News & Picture Agency v. Lavandeira
    Date: 04/23/2007
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Settled (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Blog
    In April 2007, five paparazzi photography agencies sued Mario Lavandeira, operator of popular celebrity gossip blog, perezhilton.com, in federal district court in California for allegedly posting their photographic images on his blog without permission. The complaint alleges copyright infringement, unfair competition under... read full description
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  • Universal City Studios v. Lavandeira
    Date: 02/20/2007
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Settled (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Blog
    Celebrity gossip blogger, Mario Lavandeira (aka Perez Hilton), posted topless photo of Jennifer Aniston on his blog. Universal City Studios claims that the photo was part of the production or post-production footage for the movie "The Break-Up." Universal filed a copyright infringement... read full description
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  • Wald v. Ford
    Date: 05/19/2005
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Default Judgment, Settled (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Blog
    Jeff Wald sued Luke Ford and anonymous defendants, claiming that Ford posted (and allowed anonymous users to post) defamatory statements about him on lukeford.net. Wald alleged that various statements and innuendo on the site caused readers to believe that he is deceptive,... read full description
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  • X17 Inc. v. Lavandeira
    Date: 11/30/2006
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Injunction Denied, Material Removed, Settled (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Blog
    Paparazzi photo agency, X17, sued celebrity gossip blogger Mario Lavandeira (aka Perez Hilton) for allegedly posting its photographic images without permission. The complaint included claims for copyright infringement and unfair competition under the "hot news" misappropriation theory recognized by the... read full description
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  • Choy v. Boyne
    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... read full description
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  • Steinbuch v. Cutler
    Date: 05/16/2005
    Status: Pending
    Disposition: Dismissed (partial)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: District of Columbia
    Publication: Blog
    For two weeks in May 2004, Jessica Cutler, a blogger and aide to Ohio Senator Michael DeWine, posted details of her sex life on her blog, The Washingtonienne (now defunct), including her relationship with Robert Steinbuch (using his initials, "RS"),... read full description
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  • Haberman v. Rhoad
    Date: 08/23/2006
    Status: Pending
    Disposition: Injunction Issued
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Florida
    Publication: Blog
    Kristen Rhoad posted statements on her blog accusing her ex-husband Phil Haberman of abuse and of falsifying his military experience. Sometime in 2006, Haberman sued Rhoad to have the blog removed after the postings were noted in other blogs and newspapers. The... read full description
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  • Johnson v. Tucker Max
    Date: 05/02/2003
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Injunction Issued, Withdrawn
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Florida
    Publication: Blog
    Tucker Max maintains a website detailing his sexual exploits with women. He had a relationship with former Miss Vermont, Katy Johnson, and put the entire story on his website under the title, the "Miss Vermont Story." Johnson sued Max in... read full description
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  • Ligonier Ministries v. Vance
    Date: 08/25/2006
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Withdrawn
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Florida
    Publication: Blog
    Frank Vance wrote about Ligonier Ministries and its president, Timothy Dick, on his blog, Contending for the Truth. Statements on Vance's blog allegedly called into question Mr. Dick's ethics and qualifications for his position at Ligonier Ministries. In August 2006, the... read full description
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  • Fisher & Phillips v. Does
    Date: 06/29/2005
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Withdrawn
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Georgia
    Publication: Blog
    In June 2005, Fisher & Phillips LLP, an Atlanta employment law firm, sued 5 anonymous bloggers for defamation, false light invasion of privacy, and interference with business and contractual relations. The complaint did not identify the allegedly defamatory statements with any specificity... read full description
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  • National Conference of Bar Examiners v. Earthlink
    Date: 04/12/2007
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition:
    Type: Subpoena
    Jurisdiction: Georgia
    Publication: Blog
    The National Conference of Bar Examiners (NBCE) obtained an administrative subpoena issued pursuant to section 512(h) of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, requesting that Earthlink disclose the identity of an Earthlink subscriber who posted comments anonymously to the Tab and... read full description
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  • Welch v. Nyberg
    Date: 09/06/2005
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Withdrawn
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Illinois
    Publication: Blog
    Blogger Carl Nyberg filed a complaint against local school board president and lawyer Emanuel Welch with the state Attorney Registration and Discipline Commission, claiming that Welch violated conflict of interest rules by voting to hire his brother Bill Welch as a custodian... read full description
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  • Huff v. Nickolas
    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... read full description
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  • Warren Kremer Paino Advertising v. Dutson
    Date: 04/14/2006
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Withdrawn
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Maine
    Publication: Blog
    Lance Dutson operates a blog, the "Maine Web Report." Beginning in February 2006, he published a series of posts that were critical of the Maine Department of Tourism and Warren Kremer Paino Advertising LLC ("Warren Kremer"), an advertising agency that had worked... read full description
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