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  • Kerr v. Smith
    Date: 09/20/2006
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Injunction Issued, Verdict (plaintiff)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
    Publication: Print, Website
    A group of developers sued Gregg B. Smith in Massachusetts state court over his operation of a website and distribution of a newsletter under the name "Save Cape Ann." Smith disputed the ownership of a parcel of land and the developers' right... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 10/16/2009 - 11:58am - 0 comments
  • Kesler v. Doe
    Date: 05/16/2000
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Settled (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Forum
    Grant S. Kesler, President and CEO of Metalclad Corporation, filed a John Doe suit after comments critical of him and the company appeared on the Yahoo! Finance message board dedicated to Metalclad.  The comments allegedly called into question Mr. Kesler's... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 11/10/2008 - 12:10pm - 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
  • Khalaji v. Derakhshan
    Date: 10/19/2007
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Canada
    Publication: Blog
    In October 2007, Mohammed Mehdi Khalaji, a fellow of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, filed a defamation lawsuit in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice against prominent Iranian-born, Canadian-based blogger Hossein Derakhshan. Khalaji alleges that, in a number of posts... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 10/31/2007 - 11:16am - 0 comments
  • Khalaji v. Derakhshan (Letter)
    Date: 07/27/2007
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Lawsuit Filed
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: Canada
    Publication: Blog
    Blogger Hossein Derakhshan operates two blogs in English and Farsi at www.hoder.com and www.hoder.com/weblog. He wrote a series of blog posts in 2005 criticizing Mohammed Mehdi Khalaji, a fellow at the Washington Instute for Near East Policy. On... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 10/31/2007 - 12:00pm - 0 comments
  • Kinay v. TCI Journal
    Date: 08/19/2009
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Website
    A resort developer filed a John Doe lawsuit in California state court against the anonymous operators of TCI Journal, an online newspaper that reports on government corruption in the Turks & Caicos Islands. According to press ... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/09/2009 - 11:01am - 0 comments
  • King County, WA v. Sharkansky
    Date: 01/02/2005
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Settled (total)
    Type: Denial of Access
    Jurisdiction: Washington
    Publication: Blog
    King County, Washington officials took two years to respond to Sound Politics blogger Stefan Sharkansky's requests for information relating to the 2004 state gubernatorial election.  Sharkansky sought a list of county voters who had participated in the election, at a time... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 04/29/2009 - 11:17am - 0 comments
  • Knight v. Lavandeira
    Date: 05/11/2007
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Withdrawn
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: New York
    Publication: Blog
    In May 2007, professional photographer Ken Knight sued Mario Lavandeira for copyright infringement in New York federal court.  The dispute arose out of Lavandeira's alleged use of Knight's photograph of Jason Alexander (briefly married to Britney Spears in 2004) on PerezHilton.com.  Lavandeira... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/17/2008 - 1:32pm - 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
  • Kono v. Meeker
    Date: 05/15/2003
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Verdict (plaintiff)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Iowa
    Publication: Website
    In May 2003, Dana Kono sued Lawrence and Carole Meeker in Iowa state court for defamation, false light invasion of privacy, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. After an acrimonious business dispute between the Meekers and Kono over a botched exchange of... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 03/19/2008 - 4:15pm - 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
  • Koury v. Doe
    Date: 01/30/2009
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Michigan
    Publication: Forum
    Warren, Michigan commissioner David Koury filed a defamation lawsuit against an anonymous Internet user who criticized him in online forum postings.  According to a Macomb Daily report, the complaint does not specify the message board(s) that contain the allegedly defamatory... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 02/05/2009 - 10:25am - 0 comments
  • Krinsky v. Doe 6
    Date: 01/01/2006
    Status: Pending
    Disposition: Subpoena Quashed
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: California, Florida
    Publication: Forum
    Lisa Krinsky, the former president, chief operating officer, and chairman of the board of SFBC International, Inc., a Florida company, sued ten anonymous defendants over comments about her posted to a Yahoo! message board. According to court papers, the anonymous forum posters... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 02/07/2008 - 2:48pm - 0 comments
  • Kruska v. Perverted Justice Foundation
    Date: 01/10/2008
    Status: Pending
    Disposition: Dismissed (partial)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Arizona
    Publication: Blog, Email, Social Network, Website, Wiki
    Jan Kruska sued several anti-pedophile organizations, including Perverted Justice Foundation, Inc. ("PJFI"), and individuals affliliated with those organizations, as well as domain registrar GoDaddy.com and social networking site MySpace.com, after the organizations accused Kruska of being... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 07/16/2008 - 12:21pm - 0 comments
  • La Russa v. Twitter, Inc.
    Date: 05/05/2009
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Material Removed, Settled (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Micro-blog
    Anthony La Russa, manager of the St. Louis Cardinals, sued Twitter after an unknown Twitter user created an account at twitter.com/TonyLaRussa and pretended to post updates as La Russa. The fake Twitter page included La Russa's photo and a handful... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 05/29/2009 - 11:50am - 0 comments
  • La Societe Metro Cash & Carry France v. Time Warner Cable
    Date: 10/01/2003
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Subpoena Enforced
    Type: Subpoena
    Jurisdiction: Connecticut
    Publication: Email
    La Societe Metro Cash & Carry France sought a "bill of discovery" in Connecticut state court compelling Time Warner Cable to disclose the identity of an individual who allegedly sent an anonymous email to several of its regional directors accusing the company of deceptive... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 01/13/2009 - 3:10pm - 0 comments
  • LA Times v. Free Republic
    Date: 09/28/1998
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Injunction Issued, Settled (total), Verdict (plaintiff)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Forum
    On September 28, 1998, the Los Angeles Times sued the Free Republic website for copyright infringement in federal court in California. Users of Free Republic, a conservative internet forum founded and operated by James Robinson, frequently posted copies of articles of... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 06/10/2008 - 1:37pm - 0 comments
  • Lackner v. Sanchez
    Date: 08/30/2005
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Texas
    Publication: Forum
    Robert Sanchez lost an election for City Commissioner in Brownsville, Texas, but kept the forum on his campaign website active after the election. On that forum, users posted allegedly libelous material about Carolyn Lackner Baird, a jewelry store owner connected to Sanchez's... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 11/12/2007 - 11:55am - 0 comments
  • Lafayette High School v. Glover
    Date: 12/06/2007
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition:
    Type: Disciplinary Action
    Jurisdiction: Missouri
    Publication: Social Network
    Logan Glover, a student at Lafayette High in Missouri, used a digital camera to take photos of his teacher during class, which despicts fellow classmates in the background smiling and giving thumbs-ups. He later posted those photos to his Facebook page.... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/10/2008 - 10:21pm - 0 comments
  • Lake v. Ford
    Date: 12/17/1999
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Material Removed, Settled (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Blog
    There is little information available about this case. From what CMLP has been able to determine, it appears that Ford posted to his blog photographs of a women having sex with a dog and identified the woman as former Playboy model... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/10/2007 - 3:55pm - 0 comments

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