Lawsuits Involving Forum Posts and User Comments

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

  • United States v. Brown
    Date: 09/12/2012
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Criminal Charge
    Jurisdiction: Texas
    Publication: Forum, Social Network
    The U.S. government filed three indictments, consisting of seventeen charges, against Barrett Brown, an independent journalist. The charges arose out of Brown's online publication of a link to data obtained by hacktivist collective Anonymous and his alleged subsequent conduct. Anonymous hacked Stratfor,... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 01/23/2014 - 2:47pm - 0 comments
  • Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority v. Anderson
    Date: 08/08/2008
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Injunction Denied, Withdrawn
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
    Publication: Forum, Print, Website, Other
    According to the complaint, Zack Anderson, RJ Ryan, and Alessandro Chiesa were undergraduate students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The students claimed to have discovered a vulnerability in the "CharlieCard" and "CharlieTicket" automated fare collection systems used by... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 01/13/2014 - 3:50pm - 0 comments
  • Steele v. Godfread
    Date: 02/24/2013
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Withdrawn
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Florida
    Publication: Blog, Email, Forum
    This action is closely linked to two other threats in the database: Prenda Law v. Godfread and Duffy v. Godfread. All related filings can be found in the database entry for Prenda Law v. Godfread. Plaintiff... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 03/07/2013 - 11:49am - 0 comments
  • Duffy v. Godfread
    Date: 02/19/2013
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Florida, Illinois
    Publication: Blog, Email, Forum
    This action is closely linked to two other threats in the database: Prenda Law v. Godfread and Steele v. Godfread. Several of the related filings can be found in the database entry for Prenda Law v.... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 03/07/2013 - 11:49am - 0 comments
  • Prenda Law v. Godfread
    Date: 02/12/2013
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Illinois
    Publication: Blog, Email, Forum
    This action is closely linked to two other threats in the database: Steele v. Godfread and Duffy v. Godfread. Plaintiff Prenda Law is a law firm that has brought numerous plaintiff-side copyright cases concerning the sharing of movies... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 03/07/2013 - 11:49am - 0 comments
  • Dietz Development LLC v. Perez
    Date: 10/31/2012
    Status: Pending
    Disposition: Injunction Issued
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Virginia
    Publication: Forum
    Dietz Development is a construction contractor based in Washington, DC. According to the complaint, Jane Perez, a high school classmate of Dietz Development owner Christopher Dietz, hired Dietz Development to do work on Perez's home. Disagreements arose over the nature... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 12/14/2012 - 11:24am - 0 comments
  • Filler, et al. v. Walker, et al.
    Date: 05/31/2011
    Status: Pending
    Disposition: Dismissed (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Forum
    Dr. Aaron Filler filed a complaint against former patient Susan Walker in Los Angeles Superior Court on May 31, 2011. In his complaint, Filler alleged defamation and interference with prospective economic advantage in response to Walker's review of Dr. Filler on a... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 07/31/2012 - 2:51pm - 0 comments
  • Kessler International v. Citizen Media Law Project
    Date: 03/14/2012
    Status:
    Disposition:
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
    Publication: Blog, Forum
    Kessler International ("Kessler") is a forensic accounting and brand protection company, and claims ownership in the USPTO-registered trademark FRAUDBUSTER, in multiple fields related to forensic accounting news and services.  On March 14, 2012, Kessler sent a a cease and desist letter... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 04/13/2012 - 2:29pm - 0 comments
  • Ascentive v. Opinion Corp.
    Date: 09/24/2010
    Status: Pending
    Disposition: Injunction Denied
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: New York
    Publication: Forum
    Ascentive, LLC, a software company, filed suit against Opinion Corp. d/b/a PissedConsumer.com on September 24, 2010, claiming that Opinion Corp., through its PissedConsumer website, infringed on Ascentive trademarks. The complaint alleges seven claims for relief against Opinion Corp.: The first... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 02/09/2012 - 4:53pm - 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
  • Bay Area Rapid Transit v. Protesters
    Date: 08/11/2011
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Police Activity
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Email, Forum, Social Network, Verbal
    According to SF Weekly, on July 3, 2011, a homeless man named Charles Hill was shot to death by police officers for the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District ("BART"). Two and a half years earlier, BART police used... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/02/2011 - 11:04am - 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
  • Righthaven LLC v. Vote For The Worst, LLC
    Date: 06/28/2010
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Nevada
    Publication: Forum
    On June 28, 2010, Righthaven LLC, a Las Vegas company associated with Las Vegas Review-Journal owner Stephens Media LLC, filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against the website company Vote for the Worst ("VFTW") LLC and two of its managers, David Della Terza... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 04/18/2011 - 4:46pm - 0 comments
  • Righthaven LLC v. Hoehn
    Date: 01/11/2011
    Status: Pending
    Disposition: Dismissed (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Nevada
    Publication: Forum
    Righthaven LLC, a Las Vegas company associated with Las Vegas Review-Journal owner Stephens Media LLC, filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Wayne Hoehn.  Righthaven alleged that Hoehn copied an article from the Las Vegas Review-Journal without permission and posted it... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 03/08/2011 - 1:47pm - 0 comments
  • Federici v Pignotti et al
    Date: 12/17/2010
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Dismissed (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Virginia
    Publication: Blog, Forum, Website
    Virginia Psychologist Ronald S. Federici is suing multiple parties from multiple states (Florida, New Jersey, Nebraska, Colorado) for defamation, conspiracy, and tortious interference. Defendants are authors of blogs, forum comments, and websites that were critical of his writings and practices. Plaintiff has... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 01/05/2011 - 1:28pm - 0 comments
  • Reit v. Yelp
    Date: 03/04/2010
    Status: Pending
    Disposition: Dismissed (partial)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: New York
    Publication: Forum
    Glenn Reit, a Manhattan dentist, sued Yelp! and John Doe (Michael S.) for defamation and Yelp! for deceptive acts and practices under New York’s General Business Law § 349 and § 350.  According to his complaint, as of May 2009, Dr.... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 12/06/2010 - 1:49pm - 0 comments
  • Righthaven LLC v. Democratic Underground
    Date: 08/10/2010
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Nevada
    Publication: Forum
    On August 10, 2010, Righthaven LLC, a Las Vegas company associated with Las Vegas Review-Journal owner Stephens Media LLC, filed a copyright infringement... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/28/2010 - 3:39pm - 0 comments
  • Major League Baseball v. Charter Communications Inc.
    Date: 06/03/2010
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Subpoena
    Jurisdiction: New York
    Publication: Forum
    On June 3, 2010, Major League Baseball filed a petition for a court order requiring Internet service provider Charter Communications Inc. to disclose the names of users who posted "pornographic," and "indecent" material on MLB.com forums, Reuters reports. ... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 06/08/2010 - 11:14pm - 0 comments
  • Theriot v. Does
    Date: 05/07/2010
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Dismissed (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Louisiana
    Publication: Forum
    On May 7, 2010, the Parish of Jefferson in Louisiana and its interim President, Steve Theriot, filed a lawsuit in state court against unnamed Does for defamation.  According to the Complaint, the Does "systematically published messages on the Internet using... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 05/12/2010 - 3:32pm - 0 comments
  • Lerner v. GalaxyFacts
    Date: 12/01/2009
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Subpoena Quashed
    Type: Subpoena
    Jurisdiction: New Jersey
    Publication: Forum
    Slava Lerner, the President of the Galaxy Towers Condominium Association, sought pre-action discovery from Michael Deluca, publisher of GalaxyFacts, a website forum used by Galaxy Towers condo owners to discuss a variety of issues, including the Association’s governance and leadership. ... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 04/28/2010 - 7:02pm - 0 comments

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