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

  • Colocation America v. Garga-Richardson (Lawsuit)
    Date: 04/22/2009
    Status: Pending
    Disposition: Verdict (plaintiff)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Forum, Print
    In April 2009, Colocation America, a company providing computer server co-location to companies operating on the Internet, sued Archie Garga-Richardson, the founder and operator of ScamFraudAlert.com.  The complaint, filed in small claims court in California, includes claims for... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 05/20/2009 - 7:02pm - 0 comments
  • Digital Broadband Networks v. Does
    Date: 12/01/2003
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Subpoena Enforced
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: New Jersey
    Publication: Forum
    Digital Broadband Networks and its president Patrick Lim sued seven pseudonymous internet posters in New Jersey state court for defamation over statements on electronic bulletin boards dedicated to Digital Broadband on Ragingbull.com and on general messages boards on Yahoo. The company alleged... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 05/13/2009 - 6:32pm - 0 comments
  • Eppley v. Iacovelli
    Date: 03/30/2009
    Status: Pending
    Disposition: Injunction Issued
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Indiana
    Publication: Blog, Email, Forum, Website
    On March 30, 2009, Dr. Barry Eppley, a plastic surgeon in the Indianapolis area, filed a lawsuit against former patient, Lucille Iacovelli.  The complaint included claims for defamation, trade disparagement, harassment, false designations and descriptions of fact, and false light publicity based on... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 05/12/2009 - 1:30pm - 0 comments
  • South Carolina v. Craigslist
    Date: 05/05/2009
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Criminal Investigation
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Forum
    On May 5, 2009, South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster sent a letter to craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster threatening company management with "criminal investigation and prosecution" over the website's erotic services section, as well as... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 05/05/2009 - 5:26pm - 0 comments
  • Too Much Media, LLC v. Hale
    Date: 06/09/2008
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: New Jersey
    Publication: Forum
    Too Much Media, LLC ("TMM"), a software company that services the online adult entertainment business, sued Washington-based blogger Shellee Hale in New Jersey state court in June 2008, after she posted comments about a security breach in TMM's software product... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 04/28/2009 - 6:34pm - 0 comments
  • Ecommerce Innovations v. Doe (Subpoena)
    Date: 08/05/2008
    Status: Pending
    Disposition: Subpoena Enforced
    Type: Subpoena
    Jurisdiction: Arizona
    Publication: Forum
    On July 14, 2008, Ecommerce Innovations filed a suit in the Central District of California against several Does alleging defamation and trade libel for posts on Ripoff Report, a website that allows users to post reports about individuals and companies... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 04/27/2009 - 7:07pm - 0 comments
  • Ecommerce Innovations v. Doe (Lawsuit)
    Date: 07/14/2008
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Forum
    On July 14, 2008, jewelry retailer Ecommerce Innovations filed a lawsuit against anonymous Ripoff Report posters who allegedly made "false and disparaging statements of fact about the [company's] products and services." Ecommerce allleged that Does 1-5 posted the comments... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 04/27/2009 - 6:29pm - 0 comments
  • Joyner v. Lazzareschi
    Date: 09/26/2005
    Status: Pending
    Disposition: Dismissed (partial)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Forum, Website
    Jeffrey Joyner, a California soccer coach, sued Jerry Lazzareschi, the operator of the forum Soccertalk.com, and his domain registrar Domains by Proxy, Inc., after a number of allegedly false and defamatory statements about Joyner appeared on Lazzareschi's forum site.   Joyner coached two... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 04/22/2009 - 10:34am - 0 comments
  • Equidyne Corporation v. Does
    Date: 05/16/2002
    Status: Pending
    Disposition: Dismissed (partial), Settled (partial), Subpoena Enforced
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Delaware
    Publication: Forum
    On May 16, 2002, Equidyne Corporation, a medical device company, sued twenty-one John Doe defendants (identified by pseudonyms) who posted statements about the company on the Yahoo! and Lycos financial message boards. Equidyne claimed that the defendants were... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 04/21/2009 - 4:53pm - 0 comments
  • First Cash Financial Services v. Yahoo! Inc.
    Date: 07/30/2003
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Subpoena Enforced
    Type: Subpoena
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Forum
    First Cash Financial Services, a Texas-based company operating a chain of pawn shops and cash checking services, obtained a subpoena from a California state court requiring Yahoo to provide identifying information for an individual who posted anonymous comments to Fast... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 04/13/2009 - 5:35pm - 0 comments
  • First Cash Financial Services v. Doe
    Date: 08/19/2002
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Subpoena Enforced
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: California, Texas
    Publication: Forum
    First Cash Financial Services, a Texas-based company operating a chain of pawn shops and cash checking services, sued a John Doe defendant in Texas state court.  The complaint alleged breach of contract arsing out of critical statements about the firm's... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 04/13/2009 - 4:57pm - 0 comments
  • D'Amato v. Starr
    Date: 05/18/2006
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Injunction Denied, Withdrawn
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: New York
    Publication: Blog, Forum, Website
    On May 18, 2006, David D'Amato filed a lawsuit against David Starr, Magic Touch Productions, Kent Barclay, and a number of website hosting companies over allegedly false and defamatory statements posted on various blogs, forums, and websites.  The complaint included claims for... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 04/09/2009 - 4:48pm - 0 comments
  • Monex Deposit Co. v. Gilliam
    Date: 03/04/2009
    Status: Pending
    Disposition: Injunction Issued, Material Removed
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Forum, Website
    On March 4, 2009, Monex Deposit Company and Monex Credit Company (collectively "Monex"), two companies in the precious metals business, filed a lawsuit suit against Jason Gilliam, Richard Gilliam, and Steven Bowman for publishing allegedly defamatory statements on the website MonexFRAUD.com and... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 04/07/2009 - 11:18am - 0 comments
  • Gillespie v. Marlowe
    Date: 09/16/2005
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Default Judgment, Dismissed (partial)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Ohio
    Publication: Forum
    George Gillespie of Ohio filed suit on September 16, 2005 against two chat room users who allegedly humiliated him in AOL chat discussions.  The defendants, Bob Charpentier and Mike Marlowe, lived in Oregon and Alabama respectively at... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 04/06/2009 - 4:59pm - 0 comments
  • Korbel v. Does
    Date: 08/29/2008
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Forum
    Korbel Champagne Cellars filed a John Doe lawsuit against 10 anonymous defendants. The defamation suit, filed in Sonoma County Superior Court, complains about a number of postings on a craigslist.org forum accusing Korbel of punishing employees who reported sexual harassment, plotting to... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 04/06/2009 - 3:54pm - 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
  • Knight-McConnell v. Cummins
    Date: 07/07/2003
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Dismissed (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: New York
    Publication: Forum, Website
    On July 7, 2003, Kathy Knight-McConnell sued Mary Cummins for securities law violations, trademark infringement, defamation, and other claims in federal court in New York.  At the time of the litigation, Knight-McConnell ran a forum for investor discussions and published a newsletter... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 03/31/2009 - 2:26pm - 0 comments
  • Connolly v. Cirencione
    Date: 01/01/2004
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Subpoena Enforced
    Type: Subpoena
    Jurisdiction: New York
    Publication: Forum
    In 2004, Seneca County officials allegedly used improper means to obtain the identities of several anonymous posters on Fingerlakes1.com who posted critical comments about them.  The anonymous posters subsequently filed a lawsuit alleging abuse of process, violations of the Electronic Communications Privacy... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 03/31/2009 - 12:30pm - 0 comments
  • Lonegan v. Brennan
    Date: 05/01/2007
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Dismissed (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: New Jersey
    Publication: Forum
    In May of 2007, Steve Lonegan, then Bogota New Jersey mayor, filed a defamation lawsuit against Bill Brennan and former Councilman George Silos for postings on a forum site. According to NorthJersey.com, New Jersey Superior Court Judge Daniel Mecca dismissed... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 03/27/2009 - 1:37pm - 0 comments
  • Noiseux v. Avila
    Date: 06/22/2005
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Settled (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Connecticut
    Publication: Forum
    In June of 2005, Robert Noiseux sued Donna and Edward Avila, Jennifer Hart, and Raymond Sulich after statements about him appeared on Canterbury Web: Canterbury's Un-Official Town Forum.  According to the complaint, the Avilas owned and operated the website, and... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 03/27/2009 - 12:37pm - 0 comments

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