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  • Arthur v. Turner
    Date: 03/14/2008
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Withdrawn
    Type: Subpoena
    Jurisdiction: Texas
    Publication: Blog
    Virgie Arthur subpoenaed blogger Nelda (Rose) Turner and her husband Kenneth Turner as part of her lawsuit against Howard K. Stern and other defendants in federal court in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.  The subpoenas sought emails from... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/19/2008 - 6:23pm - 1 comments
  • Ascend Health Corp. v. Wells
    Date: 05/03/2012
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Dismissed (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: North Carolina
    Publication: Blog
    University Behavioral Health of Denton ("UBH") is a private psychiatric hospital in Texas owned by Ascend Health Corporation, where Brenda Wells, a North Carolina resident, was once treated. Dr. Khan is UBH's medical director, while Dr. Kresch is the President and CEO... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 07/22/2013 - 2:57pm - 0 comments
  • Ascentive v. 1ShoppingCart.com
    Date: 02/13/2009
    Status: Pending
    Disposition: Withdrawn
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Oregon
    Publication: Forum
    On February 13, 2009, Ascentive LLC, a company that develops software such as FinallyFast to improve computer performance, sued PCPitstop and its CEO, Rob Cheng, along with 1ShoppingCart.com, a conveyer of eCommerce software and... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 06/02/2009 - 7:51pm - 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
  • Associated Press v. All Headline News
    Date: 01/14/2008
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Settled (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: New York
    Publication: Website
    On January 14, 2008, the Associated Press (AP) sued All Headline News (AHN), W. Jeffrey Brown, the owner of AHN, and Danielle George, a senior editor for AHN.  The AP claims that AHN is illegally copying and rewriting stories by AP reporters... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 04/07/2009 - 1:53pm - 0 comments
  • Associated Press v. Drudge Retort
    Date: 06/10/2008
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Material Removed
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: Florida
    Publication: Blog
    On June 10, 2008, the Associated Press ("AP") sent a takedown request under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to Rogers Cadenhead, the founder of Drudge Retort, a liberal alternative to (and parody of) the well-known ... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 06/16/2008 - 6:04pm - 0 comments
  • Associated Press v. Meltwater News
    Date: 02/14/2012
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: New York
    Publication: Website
    On February 14, 2012, the Associated Press (AP) filed a lawsuit in federal court against Meltwater News, Inc. AP alleges multiple counts of copyright infringment, as well as hot news misappropriation and 17 U.S.C. § 1202 (b) removal/alteration of copyright... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 02/16/2012 - 4:53pm - 0 comments
  • Atkinson v. McLaughlin
    Date: 07/28/2003
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Dismissed (partial), Material Removed, Settled (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: North Dakota
    Publication: Email, Website
    Patrick Atkinson is the founder and executive director of the God's Child Project, a charitable organization that provides health and medical care, food, and education to children in Guatamala. Dr. James McLaughlin and Roberta McLaughlin volunteered for the God's... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/10/2007 - 3:58pm - 0 comments
  • Atkinson v. McLaughlin (Letter)
    Date: 10/22/2002
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Lawsuit Filed
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: North Dakota
    Publication: Email, Website
    Patrick Atkinson is the founder and executive director of the God's Child Project, a charitable organization that provides health and medical care, food, and education to children in Guatamala. Dr. James McLaughlin and Roberta McLaughlin volunteered for the God's Child Project from... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 08/18/2008 - 3:59pm - 0 comments
  • Atlanta Humane Society v. Mills
    Date: 12/21/2001
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Dismissed (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Georgia
    Publication: Forum
    The Atlanta Humane Society (AHS) and its director, Bill Garrett, sued Kathi Mills for allegedly defamatory statements made on an Internet bulletin board.  In 2001, an Atlanta television station aired a "Whistleblower 2" series investigating AHS, which criticized AHS's management of county... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 02/19/2009 - 12:19pm - 0 comments
  • Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission of Illinois v. Peshek
    Date: 08/25/2009
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Disciplinary Action
    Jurisdiction: Illinois
    Publication: Blog
    The Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission filed a disciplinary complaint against a former Illinois assistant public defender, Kristine Ann Peshek, for revealing confidential information about her clients and "assisting a criminal or fraudulent act" on her blog, "The Bardd [sic] Before... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/28/2009 - 4:04pm - 0 comments
  • AutoAdmit
    Date: 06/08/2007
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Settled (total), Subpoena Enforced
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Connecticut
    Publication: Forum
    Two female Yale Law School students, captioned as Does I & II, sued Anthony Ciolli, the former chief education director of the popular law school admissions forum, AutoAdmit, and a host of pseudonymous users of the forum over vulgar, sexually... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/10/2007 - 3:59pm - 0 comments
  • Avis v. Turkewitz
    Date: 10/23/2007
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: New York
    Publication: Blog
    Eric Turkewitz is a personal injury attorney who operates a blog. On September 17, 2007, Turkewitz used the Avis and Hertz logos... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 11/12/2007 - 7:24pm - 0 comments
  • B.F. Shaw Printing v. Skinner
    Date: 06/11/2009
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Settled (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Illinois
    Publication: Blog
    B.F. Shaw Printing, the Northwest Herald’s parent company, filed a lawsuit against Cal Skinner Jr.,  a local blogger, for alleged defamatory comments, regarding the Herald's past funding and supposed political bias, that he posted on his blog. Shaw's three-count complaint claims defamation, false... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 07/09/2009 - 4:36pm - 0 comments
  • Backpage.com v. Cooper, et al.
    Date: 05/21/2012
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Injunction Issued
    Type: Legislation
    Jurisdiction: Tennessee
    Publication: Website
    On May 21, 2012, Tennessee State Governor Bill Haslam signed Public Chapter 1075 ("SB 2371") into law. Tennessee's SB 2371 defined the felony offense of advertising "commercial sexual abuse of a minor" which a person commits if he or she... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 06/25/2013 - 2:40pm - 0 comments
  • Backpage.com v. Hoffman, et al.
    Date: 06/26/2013
    Status: Pending
    Disposition: Injunction Issued
    Type: Legislation
    Jurisdiction: New Jersey
    Publication: Website
    On May 6, 2013, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie signed P.L. 2013, c.51 § 12 (Bill A3352) into law, which was to be codified as N.J.S.A. § 2C:13-1O and take effect July 1, 2013. The New Jersey law would criminalize... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 07/18/2013 - 3:10pm - 0 comments
  • Backpage.com v. McKenna, et al.
    Date: 06/04/2012
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Legislation
    Jurisdiction: Washington
    Publication:
    On March 29, 2012, Washington State Governor Christine Gregoire signed Washington Senate Bill No. 6251 ("SB 6251") into law. SB 6251 defines the felony offense of "advertising commercial sexual abuse of a minor," which a person commits if he or... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 08/02/2012 - 3:15pm - 0 comments
  • Badi'i v. Foote
    Date: 06/24/2009
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Dismissed (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Nevada
    Publication: Website
    Faris and Ruhanieh Badi'i sued Nikki Foote in Nevada state court for defamation after Foote posted a disparaging comment on eBay claiming a bag she had purchased from the Bad'i'is was a fake. The Badi'is, of Austin, Texas, alleges Foote, whom... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 06/29/2009 - 10:45pm - 0 comments
  • Baker v. Haiti-Observateur Group
    Date: 09/10/2012
    Status: Pending
    Disposition: Injunction Denied
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Florida
    Publication: Print, Website
    On Sept. 10, 2012, Haitian Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe and "prominent businessman" Patrice Baker filed suit in federal court against Haiti-Observateur Group, an online and printed news publication, and Leo Joseph, a Haitian-American journalist who owns and edits Haiti-Observateur. The plaintiffs claimed... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 06/28/2013 - 10:59am - 0 comments
  • Ballard v. Wagner
    Date: 01/01/2000
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Verdict (plaintiff)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Maine
    Publication: Website
    Navy officer Alan J. Ballard sued Christopher Wagner and the National Association of Government Employees, Local R01-077, after Wagner, then-president of Local R01-077, published a website subtitled "When telling the truth hurts[:] Dedicated to Exposing Lies at Naval Air Station, Brunswick."  According... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 02/23/2009 - 6:54pm - 0 comments

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