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  • Bally Total Fitness v. Faber
    Date: 02/23/1998
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Dismissed (total), Injunction Denied, Settled (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Forum
    In February 1998, Bally Total Fitness sued Andrew Faber, a former Bally customer who created a website entitled BallySucks (now defunct), which was dedicated to collecting complaints about Bally's health club business and included modified versions of Bally's trademarks with... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 06/24/2008 - 3:33pm - 0 comments
  • Banks v. Milum
    Date: 06/16/2004
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Verdict (plaintiff)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Georgia
    Publication: Forum
    David Milum, upset with his lawyer Rafe Banks over the handling of a prior case, demanded that Banks pay back the $3,000 in fees he had received. When Banks refused, Milum posted entries on the Forsyth County Political Forum, a... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/10/2007 - 3:58pm - 0 comments
  • Barclays Capital v. TheFlyOnTheWall.com
    Date: 06/26/2006
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Verdict (defendant)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: New York
    Publication: Website
    TheFlyOnTheWall.com is, according to its website,  a subscription-based investment-news service that "filter[s] through market information" to assist investors. In mid-2006, a group of investment firms brought suit against FOTW over the latter's use of the firms' investment research and recommendations.... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 06/21/2011 - 2:23pm - 0 comments
  • Barnes v. Xcentric Ventures
    Date: 11/03/2008
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Forum
    A.H. Barnes, a California attorney who operates several businesses that help attorneys and other individuals find employment, sued Xcentric Ventures, LLC and Edward Magedson in California state court for defamation over reports published on the Ripoff Report website, which provides... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 11/14/2008 - 10:57am - 0 comments
  • Barnes v. Yahoo!
    Date: 05/24/2005
    Status: Pending
    Disposition: Dismissed (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Oregon
    Publication: Social Network
    On May 24, 2005, Cecilia Barnes filed a lawsuit against Yahoo! for negligently failing to remove unauthorized profiles from its Yahoo! Profiles website.  The profiles were created by Barnes' ex-boyfriend, and contained nude photos of Barnes and her work contact... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 04/21/2009 - 5:08pm - 0 comments
  • Barrett v. Rosenthal
    Date: 11/03/2000
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Dismissed (partial), Dismissed (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Email, Forum
    The plaintiffs, Dr. Stephen J. Barrett and Dr. Timothy Polevoy, operated websites devoted to exposing health frauds. Ilena Rosenthal directed the Humantics Foundation for Women and operated an Internet discussion group. Barrett and Polevoy claimed that Rosenthal and her co-defendants committed libel... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/10/2007 - 3:59pm - 0 comments
  • Barrett-Jackson Auction Co. v. Clabuesch
    Date: 03/15/2007
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Settled (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Arizona
    Publication: Blog, Email, Forum, Print
    The Barrett-Jackson Auction Company sued David Clabuesch a Michigan probate judge, and his company, ThumbCo, for breach of contract and defamation relating to actions and statements Clabuesch allegedly made concerning an antique car the company sold for him. Barrett-Jackson claims in its... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/10/2007 - 3:55pm - 0 comments
  • Barrow County School District v. Payne
    Date: 08/01/2009
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Lawsuit Filed
    Type: Disciplinary Action
    Jurisdiction: Georgia
    Publication: Social Network
    In August 2009, the Barrow County School District allegedly forced Apalachee High School English teacher Ashley Payne to resign over postings on her Facebook page.  Apparently, the school objected to photos from Payne's vacation to Europe showing her holding wine and... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 03/04/2010 - 4:25pm - 0 comments
  • Batzel v. Smith
    Date: 09/07/2000
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Dismissed (partial)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Email
    In September 2000, Ellen Batzel, a California attorney, sued Robert Smith, Ton Cremers, the Netherlands Museums Association ("NMA"), and Mosler, Inc. for defamation after Cremers published on an international email list an email, written by Smith, in which Smith accused Batzel of... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 07/09/2008 - 6:30pm - 0 comments
  • Bauer v. Wikimedia
    Date: 01/31/2008
    Status: Pending
    Disposition: Dismissed (partial)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: New Jersey
    Publication: Blog, Website, Wiki
    In January 2008, literary agent Barbara Bauer and her company Barbara Bauer Literary Agency, Inc. filed a lawsuit in New Jersey State court against twenty-two defendants, including the Wikimedia Foundation. The complaint includes claims for defamation, tortious interference with prospective business... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 05/02/2008 - 10:10am - 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
  • Baylor v. Does
    Date: 06/30/2008
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Indiana
    Publication: Forum
    Darrell Baylor, an Indiana insurance agent, sued two anonymous defendants who allegedly defamed him in on the Hey Martha forum, a cross-platform forum hosted by local newspaper The Herald Bulletin and other websites. Baylor alleged that forum users... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 11/21/2008 - 6:35pm - 0 comments
  • Baylor v. The Herald Bulletin
    Date: 06/30/2008
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Subpoena
    Jurisdiction: Indiana
    Publication: Forum
    Darrell Baylor, an Indiana insurance agent, sued two anonymous defendants who allegedly defamed him in on the Hey Martha forum, a cross-platform forum hosted by local newspaper The Herald Bulletin and other websites. Baylor alleged that forum users... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 11/21/2008 - 6:31pm - 0 comments
  • Beard v. The Portland Mercury
    Date: 03/24/2008
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Subpoena Quashed
    Type: Subpoena
    Jurisdiction: Oregon
    Publication: Blog, Website
    In September 2008, an Oregon state judge ruled that Oregon's media shield law, found at Or. Rev. Stat. §§ 44.510 to 44.540, protected the identity of anonymous commenters who posted allegedly defamatory statements on The Portland Mercury and... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 10/17/2008 - 2:23pm - 0 comments
  • Beaverton Grace Bible Church v. Smith
    Date: 02/22/2012
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Dismissed (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Oregon
    Publication: Blog
    On February 22, 2012, O'Neal and the Beaverton Grace Bible Church filed a complaint in the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon for Washington County against Julie Anne Smith, her daughter, and two other blog commentators (the Stephens), alleging... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 07/10/2012 - 12:52pm - 0 comments
  • Beck v. Eiland-Hall
    Date: 09/04/2009
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Dismissed (total)
    Type: Other
    Jurisdiction: Switzerland
    Publication: Website
    In September 2009, conservative talk show host and self-described "rodeo clown" Glenn Beck filed an administrative complaint with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) against the privacy... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/28/2009 - 6:24pm - 0 comments
  • Bell v. Shah
    Date: 04/27/2005
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Settled (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Florida, Connecticut
    Publication: Website
    Joel Bell is an agent for numerous professional athletes in the NBA and elsewhere. Prerak Shah's website, Draftcity.com, specialized in reporting on the prospects of potential draftees of the NBA. Jonathan Givony was a reporter and writer for DraftCity focusing on scouting... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/10/2007 - 3:58pm - 0 comments
  • Ben Ezra, Weinstein, and Company v. AOL
    Date: 03/01/1997
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Dismissed (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: New Mexico
    Publication: Website
    In March 1997, Ben Ezra, Weinstein, and Company ("BEW") sued America Online, Inc. ("AOL") for defamation and negligence in New Mexico state court after AOL allegedly published incorrect values for BEW's stock price and share volume.  AOL removed the lawsuit... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 07/23/2008 - 1:51pm - 0 comments
  • Benitah v. Law
    Date: 10/31/2008
    Status: Pending
    Disposition: Material Removed
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Forum
    In October 2008, David Benitah, a San Francisco-based immigration attorney and business consultant, sued Linda Law and consumer review websites Yelp and TheSqueakyWheel.com for defamation and trade libel in a California state court. The complaint... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 01/23/2009 - 4:16pm - 0 comments
  • Bennoti, Inc. v. Complaintsboard.com
    Date: 03/25/2008
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Withdrawn
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: New York
    Publication: Forum
    In March 2008, Bennoti, Inc., an espresso machine marketer and merchandiser, sued consumer review site Complaints Board and its owner, Elizabeth Arden, for defamation of business reputation (trade libel) and unfair competition. In March 2009, the United States District Court for the Southern... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 10/14/2009 - 5:38pm - 0 comments

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