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  • Pan Am Systems v. Hardenberg
    Date: 09/06/2011
    Status:
    Disposition:
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Maine
    Publication: Print, Other
    In September 2011, Pan Am Systems, Inc. (a railway transportation company), its subsidiary Springfield Terminal Railway Co., and its former President and CEO David Fink sued Atlantic Northeast Rails & Ports (ANRP) for defamation and false light. The complaint also named... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 12/05/2011 - 9:00am - 0 comments
  • Park West Galleries v. Fine Art Registry
    Date: 03/04/2008
    Status: Pending
    Disposition: Dismissed (partial)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Michigan
    Publication: Website
    Park West Galleries (PWG), an art gallery that also performs auctions on cruise ships, sued Fine Art Registry (FAR), an organization that, according to The Art Newspaper, offers “advocacy to victims of art fraud and abuse” including a system of... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 08/05/2009 - 5:02pm - 0 comments
  • Parker v. Google
    Date: 08/18/2004
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Dismissed (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
    Publication: Forum, Website
    Gordon Parker sued Google in federal court in Pennsylvania in August 2004. According to court documents, Parker claimed that he published a website, "29 Reasons Not to be a Nice Guy." He alleged that an unknown Internet user copied Reason #6 and... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 11/29/2007 - 9:17pm - 0 comments
  • Parker v. Learn The Skills
    Date: 04/07/2006
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Dismissed (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Delaware
    Publication: Forum
    Gordon Roy Parker (aka Ray Gordon), who runs a business teaching men how better to seduce women, sued several of his "seduction business" competitors for defamation, false advertising, unfair competition, tortious interference, antitrust violations, Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations ("RICO") Act violations,... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/03/2008 - 3:38pm - 0 comments
  • Parker v. United States Chess Federation
    Date: 02/20/2008
    Status: Pending
    Disposition: Dismissed (partial)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
    Publication: Forum
    On February 20, 2008, Gordon Roy Parker filed a lawsuit in federal court in Pennsylvania against the United States Chess Federation and several of its board members, including William Goichberg, Paul Truong, Susan Polgar, and Joel Channing. Parker alleged that... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 03/19/2009 - 12:08pm - 0 comments
  • Parker v. X17, Inc.
    Date: 12/19/2007
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Retraction Issued, Settled (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Blog
    In December 2007, Tony Parker sued X17, Inc., the operator of X17online.com, a celebrity news and gossip website, alleging libel and false light invasion of privacy. According to Parker's complaint, which was filed in California state court, X17 published a... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 01/11/2008 - 11:46am - 0 comments
  • Parkmerced Investors Properties LLC v. ApartmentRatings.com
    Date: 09/23/2008
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Subpoena
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Forum
    Two real estate companies, Parkmerced Investors Properties LLC and Stellar Larkspur Partners LLC, sued eighteen unknown defendants for violation of the Lanham Act (15 U.S.C. § 1125(a)), libel, and tortious interference with contract.  The lawsuit, filed in federal court in California, revolves... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 11/26/2008 - 11:54am - 0 comments
  • Parkmerced Investors Properties LLC v. Does
    Date: 09/23/2008
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Forum
    Two real estate companies, Parkmerced Investors Properties LLC and Stellar Larkspur Partners LLC, sued eighteen unknown defendants for violation of the Lanham Act (15 U.S.C. § 1125(a)), libel, and tortious interference with contract.  The lawsuit, filed in federal court in California, revolves... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 11/24/2008 - 5:20pm - 0 comments
  • Patches the Beaver v. AsteroidBooty.com
    Date: 11/23/2007
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Material Removed
    Type: Other
    Jurisdiction:
    Publication: Blog
    A blog post on AsteroidBooty.com, an anonymous blog focused on "chronicles from outerspace, products that rock my world, and more," criticized the high price of children's books and contrasted the prices with the (asserted) easiness of writing the books. The... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 12/05/2007 - 12:41pm - 0 comments
  • Patterson v. Cole
    Date: 02/27/2008
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: Texas
    Publication: Blog
    Benjamin Cole, writer for SBCOutpost.com, a collaborative "Southern Baptist news & commentary" blog, received a cease and desist letter from counsel representing Dr. Paige Patterson, president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Cole had criticized Patterson in a ... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 04/24/2008 - 5:11pm - 0 comments
  • Peabody Energy Corporation v. DeSmet
    Date: 01/06/2010
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction:
    Publication: Website
    On January 6, 2010, Peabody Energy Corporation sent a demand letter to Brian DeSmit, an environmental activist who operates a website at http://cleancoalwustl.org/. Peabody is part of the Consortium for Clean Coal Utilization (CCCU) with Washington University, which funds research efforts to... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 01/20/2010 - 5:13pm - 0 comments
  • Pearl Public School District v. Jackson
    Date: 09/10/2007
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Disciplinary Action
    Jurisdiction: Mississippi
    Publication: Social Network
    Mandi Jackson, a former cheerleader at Pearl High School, filed a lawsuit against Tommie Hill, her former cheerleading coach, and other school officials, claiming that Hill and other teachers punished and humiliated Jackson after accessing and disseminating the content of private conversations... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 08/11/2009 - 11:27am - 0 comments
  • Pembroke Pines Charter High School v. Evans
    Date: 12/08/2008
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Disciplinary Action
    Jurisdiction: Florida
    Publication: Social Network
    Katherine Evans, a former student at Pembroke Pines Charter High School, filed a federal lawsuit against the school's principal, alleging that he violated her First Amendment rights by suspending her for creating a Facebook group in which she... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 12/09/2008 - 3:54pm - 0 comments
  • Penn Warranty Corp. v. DeGiovanni
    Date: 03/12/2004
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Dismissed (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: New York
    Publication: Website
    Penn Warranty contracts with individuals to provide service warranties on used cars. On May 20, 2000, Penn Warranty provided DeGiovanni a "standard warranty" for a used truck in New Jersey, where he lived at the time. DeGiovanni filed a claim under the... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/10/2007 - 3:58pm - 0 comments
  • Peoria County Juvenile Court v. Hopkins
    Date: 07/25/2007
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition:
    Type: Denial of Access
    Jurisdiction: Illinois
    Publication: Blog
    Elaine Hopkins, a blogger from Peoriastory.com and former newspaper reporter, sought to observe and cover a juvenile court hearing in Peoria, Illinois. After the assistant state's attorney Susan Lucas objected to Hopkins' presence in the courtroom, Judge Albert Purham, Jr.... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 12/31/2007 - 10:16am - 0 comments
  • Perez Hilton v. Jonathan Jaxson
    Date: 04/09/2008
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Settled (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Blog, Print, Verbal
    On April 8, 2008, Perez Hilton sued fellow gossip-blogger Jonathan Jaxson for libel, slander, invasion of privacy, harassment, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. Jaxson, the former publicist for the Backstreet Boys whose real name is Jonathan Wayne Lewandowski, operates a blog called ... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 04/10/2008 - 6:16pm - 0 comments
  • Perry v. Topping
    Date: 08/07/2006
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Withdrawn
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Print, Website
    Los Angeles citizen James Perry sued Tom Topping for libel and invasion of privacy after Topping published an article stating that the Los Angeles City Attorney had determined that Perry had violated various conflict of interest laws while serving as a... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 08/18/2008 - 5:06pm - 2 comments
  • Personal Audio v. ACE Broadcasting Network
    Date: 01/07/2013
    Status: Pending
    Disposition: Lawsuit Filed
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Texas
    Publication: Podcast
    In 1996, James Logan applied for a patent for an "an audio program and message distribution system in which a host system organizes and transmits program segments to client subscriber locations." This patent-now held through Logan's company, Personal Audio-was issued... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 07/16/2013 - 2:22pm - 0 comments
  • Peter Senese v Karl Hindle
    Date: 12/20/2010
    Status: Pending
    Disposition: Injunction Issued
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: New York
    Publication: Blog
    The current lawsuit was filed in NY on Dec 13 2010, and Hindle filed a motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction. The court returned the motion claiming it had been improperly filed and issued a default judgment on December 20,... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 01/03/2011 - 9:59am - 0 comments
  • Peters & Freedman, LLP v. McMahon
    Date: 10/27/2005
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Website
    The California law firm Peters & Freedman sued Elizabeth and Arnold McMahon for libel and invasion of privacy based on statements they posted on their website, American Homeowners Resource Center, which describes itself as a “public interest interactive website... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/16/2008 - 9:09pm - 0 comments

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