Lawsuits Involving Blogs

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

  • Jaeger v. Okon
    Date: 05/11/2007
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Retraction Issued, Settled (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Illinois
    Publication: Blog, Email
    Bloggers Joy and Tom Okon, operators of North Center Neighbors, a blog that covers happenings in the North Center neighborhood of Chicago, were sued by James Jaeger and his development company for defamation. Jaeger's complaint alleges that... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 05/13/2008 - 2:29pm - 0 comments
  • Tiny Details, LLC v. Ward
    Date: 02/26/2008
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: New York
    Publication: Blog
    In June 2006, blogger Stephen Ward wrote a post criticizing Tiny Details, LLC, a company that produces doll-making kits that users can assemble at home and sell as a work-from-home-business. The post described Ward's negative experience with the company and directed... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 05/12/2008 - 6:41pm - 0 comments
  • Ampersand Publishing v. Santa Barbara Independent
    Date: 10/26/2006
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Dismissed (partial), Settled (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Blog
    In October 2006, Ampersand Publishing LLC, the company that owns the Santa Barbara News-Press, filed a lawsuit against Santa Barabara Independent, Inc., publisher of the Santa Barbara Independent, another local newspaper. The case arose out of Independent editor Nick Welsh's posting of... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 05/07/2008 - 5:52pm - 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
  • Bauer v. Wikimedia
    Date: 01/31/2008
    Status: Pending
    Disposition: Dismissed (partial)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: New Jersey
    Publication: Blog, Website, Wiki
    In January 2008, literary agent Barbara Bauer and her company Barbara Bauer Literary Agency, Inc. filed a lawsuit in New Jersey State court against twenty-two defendants, including the Wikimedia Foundation. The complaint includes claims for defamation, tortious interference with prospective business... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 05/02/2008 - 10:10am - 0 comments
  • Eclipse Aviation Corporation v. John Doe
    Date: 04/14/2008
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Withdrawn
    Type: Subpoena
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Blog
    Eclipse Aviation, a manufacturer of "affordable" jets, recently sent a subpoena to Google seeking to uncover the identities of 28 users who posted on the blog Eclipse Aviation Critic NG, which Google hosts on its ... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 04/25/2008 - 2:20pm - 0 comments
  • Patterson v. Cole
    Date: 02/27/2008
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: Texas
    Publication: Blog
    Benjamin Cole, writer for SBCOutpost.com, a collaborative "Southern Baptist news & commentary" blog, received a cease and desist letter from counsel representing Dr. Paige Patterson, president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Cole had criticized Patterson in a ... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 04/24/2008 - 5:11pm - 0 comments
  • Sykes v. Seidel
    Date: 03/24/2008
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Subpoena Quashed
    Type: Subpoena
    Jurisdiction: New Hampshire
    Publication: Blog
    On March 28, 2008, Clifford Shoemaker, acting on behalf of Lisa and Seth Sykes, subpoenaed blogger Kathleen Seidel. Seidel publishes the blog Neurodiversity, where she writes about autism issues. In February 2008, she wrote about the Sykes' lawsuit... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 04/11/2008 - 11:58am - 4 comments
  • Perez Hilton v. Jonathan Jaxson
    Date: 04/09/2008
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Settled (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Blog, Print, Verbal
    On April 8, 2008, Perez Hilton sued fellow gossip-blogger Jonathan Jaxson for libel, slander, invasion of privacy, harassment, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. Jaxson, the former publicist for the Backstreet Boys whose real name is Jonathan Wayne Lewandowski, operates a blog called ... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 04/10/2008 - 6:16pm - 0 comments
  • T-Mobile v. Engadget
    Date: 03/20/2008
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: Virginia
    Publication: Blog
    On March 20, 2008, Deutsche Telekom, the parent company of T-Mobile, sent a letter to Weblogs, Inc., the company that runs Engadget, requesting that it stop using the color magenta in the logo for its Engadget Mobile... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 04/03/2008 - 12:21pm - 0 comments
  • Gillam v. Klein
    Date: 04/11/2007
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Withdrawn
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Texas
    Publication: Blog
    Tom Gillam, a Justice of the Peace in Texas, sued blogger and talkshow host Philip Klein for defamation stemming from statements Klein made on his blog, the Southeast Texas Political Review. Gillam also sued Klein Investments Inc., Klein's company, Fox... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 03/27/2008 - 6:01pm - 0 comments
  • Schuster v. The Fresno Bee
    Date: 01/23/2008
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Subpoena Quashed
    Type: Subpoena
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Blog, Website
    A defense attorney for Larissa Schuster, who was convicted of murder, subpoenaed The Fresno Bee seeking the Internet protocol addresses and dates of access for all users of the paper's website and blog during the period surrounding the... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 03/27/2008 - 6:50pm - 0 comments
  • Garrido v. Bambauer
    Date: 01/16/2008
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: Michigan
    Publication: Blog
    Derek Bambauer, a law professor and legal blogger, wrote a series of posts about the Garrido v. Krasnansky case on the blog Info/Law. In one of the posts, Bambauer expressed an unflattering opinion about Ms. Garrido, who... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 03/12/2008 - 5:25pm - 0 comments
  • Garrido v. Krasnansky
    Date: 12/07/2007
    Status: Pending
    Disposition: Injunction Denied, Injunction Issued
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Vermont
    Publication: Blog
    Maria Garrido and William Krasnansky are spouses involved in divorce proceedings before a Vermont family court. Mr. Krasnansky wrote a "thinly-disguised, fictionalized account" of the end of their marriage on his blog, LookAtMyPugs's Jurnull. On the blog, Krasnansky... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 03/12/2008 - 4:55pm - 0 comments
  • Karl v. Feinstein
    Date: 02/26/2008
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: Colorado
    Publication: Blog
    A lawyer for Denver Nuggets coach George Karl has threatened blogger Andrew Feinstein with legal action if he crosses "the boundaries of permissible speech." Feinstein, a frustrated Nuggets fan, created a blog called Fire George Karl, lamenting what he sees as a series... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 03/06/2008 - 9:46am - 0 comments
  • Left Behind Games, Inc. v. Gameology
    Date: 09/25/2007
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Blog, Forum
    Gameology, a video-game-review site, posted some criticisms of "Left Behind: Eternal Forces," a Christian-themed video game. Gameology's posts took issue with the game's atmosphere of faith-based violence and criticized its treatment of women and minorities. Several other blogs and forums,... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 03/04/2008 - 2:09pm - 0 comments
  • Lochrie v. No Phat Pink Chicks
    Date: 12/01/2007
    Status: Pending
    Disposition: Injunction Denied
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Blog
    Christy Lochrie is a local journalist and blogger for The Record Searchlight in Redding, California. She authors a blog for the newspaper called "Phat & Pink." Lochrie's former friend Beth Norby created a "local media watch-dog blog" entitled... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 03/04/2008 - 12:42pm - 0 comments
  • CNN v. Pazienza
    Date: 02/12/2008
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition:
    Type: Disciplinary Action
    Jurisdiction: New York
    Publication: Blog
    In mid-February 2008, CNN fired Chez Pazienza, a senior producer for the "American Morning" program. According to Pazienza, CNN fired him because of his personal blog, Deus Ex Malcontent, and because of his blogging for the Huffington... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 02/28/2008 - 4:27pm - 0 comments
  • Menhart v. Grossman
    Date: 01/01/2007
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Withdrawn
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: Illinois
    Publication: Blog
    Eric Menhart is a lawyer who practices Internet law or "cyberlaw" in Washington, D.C. He is the principal attorney at a law firm called "CyberLaw P.C" and operates the blog Cyberlawg. Michael Grossman, a Chicago-based attorney, operated a blog... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 02/28/2008 - 1:22pm - 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

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