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  • 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
  • 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
  • Eros LLC v. Doe
    Date: 07/03/2007
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Material Removed, Settled (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Florida
    Publication: Virtual World
    Eros, LLC has created adult entertainment products in the virtual world Second Life, which it sells to other Second Life users for Linden dollars, which can be converted into US dollars. Another Second Life user, with avatar name "Volkov Catteneo," allegedly copied... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/10/2007 - 3:59pm - 0 comments
  • Eros, LLC v. Simon
    Date: 10/24/2007
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Material Removed, Settled (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: New York
    Publication: Virtual World
    Eros, LLC and five other US-based plaintiffs who sell virtual objects in the virtual world known as Second Life filed a lawsuit against Thomas Simon, a New York man who they allege is selling unathorized copies of their objects to... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 11/12/2007 - 5:09pm - 0 comments
  • Esfeller v. The Daily Reveille
    Date: 03/16/2009
    Status: Pending
    Disposition: Dismissed (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Louisiana
    Publication: Print, Website
    In March 2009, Terrance Esfeller filed a defamation lawsuit in Louisiana state court against Louisiana State University, its student newspaper The Daily Reveille, faculty advisers to the newspaper, and its top student editors. The lawsuit revolves around anonymous comments posted on ... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 04/13/2009 - 6:43pm - 0 comments
  • Essent v. Doe
    Date: 06/19/2006
    Status: Pending
    Disposition: Subpoena Quashed
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Texas
    Publication: Blog
    In June 2007, a subsidiary of Essent Healthcare, Inc. filed suit in Texas state court against an anonymous blogger and an undefined number of anonymous posters to his blog. Essent's petition contains claims for defamation, trade disparagement, breach... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/10/2007 - 3:59pm - 0 comments
  • Evans v. Evans
    Date: 03/02/2007
    Status: Pending
    Disposition: Injunction Denied, Injunction Issued
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Website
    In March 2007, Thomas Evans, a deputy sheriff in the San Diego County Sheriff's Department, sued his former wife, Linda Evans, and her mother, Shirley Preddy, for defamation, harassment, invasion of privacy, and other claims. After Thomas and Linda Evans divorced in... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 05/13/2008 - 12:39pm - 0 comments
  • Exodus Int'l v. Watt
    Date: 03/01/2006
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition:
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Blog
    Mr. Watt altered a photograph of a billboard that he found on the website of "ex-gay" ministry, Exodus International, and posted it on his blog. The billboard originally read "Gay? Unhappy? www.exodus.to", and Watt altered it to read "Straight? Unhappy? www.gay.com". Through... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/10/2007 - 3:59pm - 0 comments
  • Experian Information Solutions v. Sheehan
    Date: 08/18/1997
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Injunction Denied, Injunction Issued
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Washington
    Publication: Website
    William A. Sheehan sued a number of credit reporting agencies, including Experian, in federal court in Washington, alleging violations of the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act and the Fair Credit Reporting Act. In that litigation, Experian asserted a counterclaim against Sheehan for defamation, commercial disparagement and other... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 11/12/2007 - 12:37pm - 0 comments
  • Explorologist v. Sapient
    Date: 06/12/2007
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Dismissed (partial), Settled (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
    Publication: Website
    In May 200, Explorologist Limited, a company incorporated in the United Kingdown by paranormalist Uri Geller, brought a lawsuit against Brian Sapient, a member of the Rational Response Squad. The dispute revolved around two videos posted by Sapient on YouTube.... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 01/17/2008 - 11:10am - 0 comments
  • Ezzo v. Google
    Date: 03/17/2009
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Florida
    Publication: Website
    Jamil E. Ezzo, who holds a Supplemental Register trademark in the phrase "Locate Plastic Surgeon," sued Google, AOL.com, various plastic-surgery websites, and other defendants over their alleged use of the phrase.  Ezzo's Supplemental Register trademark is a federally-registered trademark that... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 04/01/2009 - 12:52pm - 0 comments
  • Facebook v. Jon Swift
    Date: 11/01/2007
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Withdrawn
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Blog, Social Network
    Facebook terminated the profile of Jon Swift, a blogger writing under a pseudonym, for violating its terms of use prohibition on registering a profile under a fake name. Swift wrote about the profile termination and posted the email (from Aubrey, a Facebook... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 11/29/2007 - 4:56pm - 0 comments
  • Façonnable USA Corp. v. John Does 1-10
    Date: 04/07/2011
    Status: Pending
    Disposition: Settled (total), Withdrawn
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Colorado
    Publication: Wiki
    On April 7, 2011, clothing company Façonnable filed suit in Colorado federal court against a set of John Doe defendants.  According to the complaint, around March 1, 2011, one or more anonymous individuals edited the Wikipedia entries of Façonnable and... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 06/29/2011 - 5:28pm - 0 comments
  • Fahmy v. Hogge
    Date: 02/20/2008
    Status: Pending
    Disposition: Dismissed (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Blog
    Stephen Graham Hogge, operator of the blog, Hog on Ice, was sued in California by former Miami School of Law classmate Fatima dos Santos Fahmy over statements he made about her on his blog, which he describes as a... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 10/23/2008 - 3:58pm - 0 comments
  • Falwell v. Lamparello
    Date: 10/01/2003
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Dismissed (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Virginia
    Publication: Website
    In 1999, Christopher Lamparello registered the domain name www.fallwell.com and used the website to criticize Rev. Jerry Falwell's views concerning gays and lesbians. In September 2003, Falwell initiated an arbitration action against Lamparello pursuant to the Uniform Domain... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 12/05/2007 - 9:50pm - 0 comments
  • Fandino v. Lebanon Truth
    Date: 09/28/2007
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Withdrawn
    Type: Other
    Jurisdiction: Oregon
    Publication: Blog
    The Lebanon, Oregon school district has been in turmoil for many years. On August 1, 2007, three members of the school board placed the superintendent on administrative leave pending an investigation. In response, an anonymous blogger going by "Lebanon Truth" ("LT") started... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 11/12/2007 - 1:48pm - 0 comments
  • FBI v. Wolf
    Date: 02/06/2006
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Settled (total)
    Type: Subpoena
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Broadcast, Website
    The Federal Bureau of Investigations subpoenaed video blogger and freelance journalist Josh Wolf for information regarding a political demonstration that resulted in harm to a police officer. The FBI sought the identities of protestors who appeared in Wolf's video recording of the... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/03/2008 - 2:15pm - 0 comments
  • Federal District Court v. Newspaper Tree
    Date: 08/06/2008
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Denial of Access
    Jurisdiction: Texas
    Publication: Website
    On August 6, 2008, the Newspaper Tree, an online news site out of El Paso, Texas, which focuses on business, politics, and culture in the region, filed a motion objecting to an El Paso federal court's sealing of plea... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 08/11/2008 - 11:39am - 0 comments
  • Federal Grand Jury v. MySpace
    Date: 01/08/2008
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Subpoena Enforced
    Type: Subpoena
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Social Network
    The Los Angeles Times reported that a federal grand jury in Los Angeles has begun issuing subpoenas in the Megan Meier case, the Missouri teenager who committed suicide after a "boy" she met on MySpace abruptly turned on her and ended their... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 01/25/2008 - 10:13am - 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

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