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  • Oceanport School District v. Dwyer
    Date: 12/18/2003
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Settled (total)
    Type: Disciplinary Action
    Jurisdiction: New Jersey
    Publication: Website
    For approximately a week in early April 2003, Ryan Dwyer, then an eighth grade student, maintained a website called "I Hate Maple Place" that included a forum. Dwyer, who hosted the site on his home computer, used the site to criticize his... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/10/2007 - 3:59pm - 0 comments
  • Odelson v. Welch
    Date: 08/21/2007
    Status: Pending
    Disposition: Material Removed
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Illinois
    Publication: Blog
    Lawyers Burton Odelson and Mark Sterk sued the anonymous blogger behind the Proviso Insider, a blog focusing on politics in Proviso Township, Illinois. Odelson and Sterk allege defamation based on a July 2007 post suggesting that they might be indicted... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/15/2008 - 1:42pm - 0 comments
  • Odyssey Marine Exploration Inc. v. McManus
    Date: 09/05/2007
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Florida
    Publication: Forum, Website
    Odyssey Marine Exploration, a company involved in shipwreck salvaging, sued Jim McManus, a diver and a director of a UK-based historical website, for defamation in Florida state court.  Odyssey contends that McManus defamed it in postings to its Yahoo! Finance message board... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/17/2008 - 6:52pm - 0 comments
  • Office of Dispute Resolution v. Stengle
    Date: 06/30/2006
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition:
    Type: Disciplinary Action
    Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
    Publication: Blog
    Linda Stengle was a special education due process hearing officer from July 1998 through June 2006, working for the Pennsylvania Office of Dispute Resolution on consecutive one-year contracts.  In June 2006, her contract was not renewed because of her blogging activity.  On... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 08/18/2009 - 12:07pm - 0 comments
  • Ohlsen v. Hollenbeck
    Date: 02/15/2008
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Withdrawn
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Missouri
    Publication: Forum, Website
    Milton Ohlsen, who runs a Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fight promotion company, sued Joel S. Hollenbeck and Paul McElligott for defamation and tortious interference after they allegedly made false statements about him on the Internet. According to the complaint, Hollenback... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 07/30/2008 - 4:38pm - 0 comments
  • Olson v. Brodkorb
    Date: 04/28/2006
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Dismissed (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Minnesota
    Publication: Blog
    Michael Brodkorb runs the blog, "Minnesota Democrats Exposted" (MDE), which is dedicated to discussing of the activities, statements, and tactics of Minnesota democrats. On December 28, 2005, MDE reported that Hubert Humphrey, a Senior Counselor for New Communications, Inc., a public relations... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/10/2007 - 3:58pm - 0 comments
  • OMDA Oil & Gas, Inc. v. Porcari
    Date: 03/01/2007
    Status: Pending
    Disposition: Injunction Denied, Injunction Issued
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Texas
    Publication: Forum
    OMDA Oil & Gas sued Arthur J. Porcari after he posted comments on private investor boards including the Yahoo! OMDA Investor Chat Board. In June 2004, Porcari, a large stockholder of publicly traded shares in OMDA, told the Chairman of OMDA Adam... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 10/25/2007 - 9:13am - 0 comments
  • Omega World Travel v. Mummagraphics
    Date: 02/08/2005
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Dismissed (partial), Verdict (plaintiff)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Virginia
    Publication: Website
    Mummagraphics, Inc., run by anti-spam activist Mark Mumma, operated websites devoted to opposing spam messages. Mumma received a number of unsolicited emails from Cruise.com, a subsidiary of travel agency Omega World Travel, Inc. In early 2005, Mumma posted comments on one of... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/10/2007 - 3:59pm - 0 comments
  • ONEOK, Inc. v. Twitter
    Date: 09/15/2009
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Dismissed (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Oklahoma
    Publication: Micro-blog
    On September 15, 2009, natural gas distributor Oneok Inc. sued Twitter, Inc. in federal court in Oklahoma for direct and contributory trademark infringement.  Oneok's claims were based on a third party's registration and use of the Twitter handle "Oneok" to send tweets... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 08/20/2010 - 2:36pm - 0 comments
  • Oregon v. Justia
    Date: 04/07/2008
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Withdrawn
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Website
    On April 7, 2008, the Legislative Counsel Committee of the State of Oregon sent a cease-and-desist letter to Justia, a free online resource for judicial decisions and statutes, claiming that Justia's posting of the... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 04/17/2008 - 3:07pm - 0 comments
  • Oregon v. Lewis
    Date: 07/01/2008
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Withdrawn
    Type: Subpoena
    Jurisdiction: Oregon
    Publication: Website
    Independent videographer Tim Lewis refused to comply with a Lane County, Oregon, grand jury subpoena for video he filmed of a May 30, 2008, incident where police tasered Ian Van Ornum, a student protester.  Lewis argued that Oregon's reporter shield law, ... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 07/16/2008 - 7:59pm - 0 comments
  • Orix v. Predatorix
    Date: 04/24/2008
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Material Removed, Retraction Issued, Settled (total), Verdict (plaintiff)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Texas
    Publication: Website
    In the course of an ongoing lawsuit, Orix Capital Markets, LLC filed a counterclaim against Super Future Equities, Inc., Schumann Rafizadeh, Cyrus Rafizadeh, Houman Thomas Arjmandi, and Keon Michael Arjmandi.  The counterclaim alleged that the defendants set up a website -- www.predatorix.com... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 04/22/2009 - 12:05pm - 0 comments
  • Ottinger v. The Journal News
    Date: 02/25/2008
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Subpoena Enforced
    Type: Subpoena
    Jurisdiction: New York
    Publication: Forum
    Former House Representative Richard Ottinger and his wife, June Ottinger, filed a John Doe lawsuit in New York state court and served a subpoena on The Journal News, a daily newspaper distributed in New York and Southern Connecticut... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 06/30/2008 - 3:09pm - 0 comments
  • Ottinger v. Tiekert
    Date: 09/04/2008
    Status: Pending
    Disposition: Dismissed (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: New York
    Publication: Forum
    Former House Representative Richard Ottinger and his wife, June Ottinger, filed a John Doe lawsuit in New York state court over anonymous comments posted on a forum on LoHud.com.  In a special proceeding for pre-action discovery, the court... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/09/2009 - 3:48pm - 0 comments
  • Ourway Realty, LLC d/b/a Plainridge Racecourse v. Keen
    Date: 06/04/2012
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Dismissed (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
    Publication: Website
    The plaintiff owns the Plainridge Racecourse, a harness horse-racing track in Plainville, Massachusetts. Thomas Keen maintains the website "NoPlainvilleRacino" which opposes the development of a gaming facility in Plainville, Massachusetts. On April 20, 2012, Ourway Realty d/b/a Plainridge Racecourse sent a ... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 07/23/2013 - 11:40am - 0 comments
  • Oxford Round Table, Inc. v. Mahone
    Date: 06/25/2007
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Dismissed (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Kentucky
    Publication: Email, Forum
    Oxford Round Table, Inc. ("ORT"), a Kentucky corporation that conducts educational conferences at various colleges within Oxford University, sued Oxford lecturer Sloan Mahone for defamation and tortious interference in federal court in Kentucky.  ORT claimed that Mahone posted defamatory statements on a... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 12/29/2008 - 10:48pm - 0 comments
  • Palazzo v. Willamette Week
    Date: 03/04/2009
    Status: Pending
    Disposition: Retraction Issued
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Oregon
    Publication: Website
    On March 4, 2009, Randall Palazzo, a custom home builder in Oregon, sued the Willamette Week, a local newspapaper that also publishes a website, for defamation.  According to OregonLive, several editors and staffers, including Ian Gillingham, the paper's... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 03/31/2009 - 1:11pm - 0 comments
  • Palin v. Latif
    Date: 05/05/2009
    Status:
    Disposition: Material Removed
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: Texas
    Publication: Website
    Sarah Palin, then Governor of Alaska, sent a cease and desist letter to Shoe Latif, a Houston-based DJ, who redirected traffic from her website crackho.com to Palin's official website. The cease and desist letter claimed that... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/02/2009 - 11:57am - 0 comments
  • Palin v. Moore
    Date: 07/04/2009
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: Alaska
    Publication: Blog, Broadcast, Website
    On July 4, 2009, an attorney for Alaska Governor Sarah Palin sent an open letter to Alaska blogger Shannyn Moore, the Huffington Post, MSNBC, the New York Times, The Washington Post, and other news organizations threatening to file... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 07/05/2009 - 11:45am - 0 comments
  • Palm Coast Travel v. Elliott
    Date: 12/29/2009
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Settled (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Florida
    Publication: Blog
    Palm Coast Travel sued travel journalist Chris Elliott after he reported Elliott.org that Florida regulators had warned three travel insurance agencies, including Palm Coast, that offering policies from bankrupt Prime TravelProtection Services might violate state law. The complaint includes claims for... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 03/30/2010 - 12:35pm - 0 comments

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