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  • Sarnoff v. Falco
    Date: 02/01/2010
    Status: Pending
    Disposition: Material Removed
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: Florida
    Publication: Blog
    On February 1, 2010, counsel for  Miami City Commissioner Marc Sarnoff sent a demand letter to blogger Tom Falco, who publishes the Coconut Grove Grapevine.  The letter claimed that an anonymous comment to the site was false and defamatory. The... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 02/16/2010 - 6:28pm - 0 comments
  • Savage v. Council on American-Islamic Relations
    Date: 12/03/2007
    Status: Pending
    Disposition: Dismissed (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Website
    Conservative talk show host Michael Savage sued the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) in federal district court in California on December 3, 2007 for copyright infringement. He claims that CAIR violated his copyrights in the October 29, 2007 program of the "Michael... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 12/05/2007 - 4:24pm - 0 comments
  • Save-A-Life Foundation v. Baratz
    Date: 05/03/2007
    Status: Pending
    Disposition: Dismissed (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Illinois
    Publication: Website
    In May 2007, the Save-A-Life Foundation sued three critics of Henry Heimlich and his famous first-aid procedure, the Heimlich maneuver. Among the defendants is Peter Heimlich, Henry's son, who maintains the website "Outmaneuvered." The other defendants are Robert Baratz, an official of... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/10/2007 - 3:58pm - 16 comments
  • Scheff v. Bock
    Date: 12/31/2003
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Default Judgment
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Florida
    Publication: Forum
    Carey Bock hired Sue Scheff's company, Parents Universal Resource Experts (PURE) which provides referral services for families of teenagers with behavioral problems, to help withdraw her sons from a boarding school in Costa Rica. Scheff put Bock in touch with a consultant,... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/10/2007 - 3:58pm - 0 comments
  • Schuster v. The Fresno Bee
    Date: 01/23/2008
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Subpoena Quashed
    Type: Subpoena
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Blog, Website
    A defense attorney for Larissa Schuster, who was convicted of murder, subpoenaed The Fresno Bee seeking the Internet protocol addresses and dates of access for all users of the paper's website and blog during the period surrounding the... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 03/27/2008 - 6:50pm - 0 comments
  • Scott P. v. Craigslist, Inc.
    Date: 02/05/2010
    Status: Pending
    Disposition: Material Removed
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Forum
    In February 2010, Scott P., an unnamed plaintiff proceeding anonymously, filed a lawsuit against Craigslist and other defendants in California state court after his co-workers allegedly posted a series of Craiglist ads impersonating him. The complaint alleges that, in March... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 03/30/2010 - 6:02pm - 0 comments
  • Scott v. WorldStarHipHop, Inc.
    Date: 12/16/2010
    Status: Pending
    Disposition: Dismissed (partial)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: New York
    Publication: Website
    On December 16, 2010, Robert Scott filed a pro se complaint in the Southern District of New York against Berkeley College and WorldStarHipHop, Inc. (hereafter "WorldStar"). Berkeley College is private college in New York; WorldStar, a Nevada corporation, operates and... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 07/17/2012 - 4:38pm - 0 comments
  • Seaton v. TripAdvisor, LLC
    Date: 10/11/2011
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Tennessee
    Publication: Website
    In January 2011, TripAdvisor, operator of the travel review website http://www.tripadvisor.com, published a list entitled "Dirtiest Hotels, as reported by travelers on TripAdvisor," which purported to be a list of the dirtiest hotels in the United States. Grand Resort Hotel... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 10/22/2012 - 3:19pm - 0 comments
  • Sedersten v. The Springfield News-Leader
    Date: 09/02/2009
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Subpoena Quashed
    Type: Subpoena
    Jurisdiction: Missouri
    Publication: Website
    John Sedersten subpoenaed The Springfield News-Leader to obtain information about "bornandraisedhere," a pseudonymous commenter who posted a comment to an article on the News-Leader's website.  The subpoena issued in conjunction with Sedersten's civil lawsuit against the City of Springfield, Missouri,... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 12/16/2009 - 2:34pm - 0 comments
  • Sedgwick Claims Management Services v. Delsman
    Date: 04/03/2009
    Status: Pending
    Disposition: Dismissed (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Blog, Print, Website
    Sedgwick, a company that provides insurance claims management services, sued Robert Delsman, a former employee of one of Sedgwick's clients, for copyright infringement, defamation, and other torts, after he created gripe sites, blogs, videos and print materials criticizing the company. Delsman's beef... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 08/11/2009 - 12:04pm - 0 comments
  • Sethi v. TechCrunch
    Date: 06/28/2009
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: United Kingdom
    Publication: Blog
    On February 19, 2009, lawyers representing Sam Sethi, a former employee of TechCrunch and former CEO of now-defunct BlogNation, sent a letter to TechCrunch co-founder Michael Arrington threatening suit "within the jurisdiction of the High Court of England... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 07/16/2009 - 5:26pm - 0 comments
  • SFX Baseball Group v. MarianoRivera.com
    Date: 07/20/2007
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Withdrawn
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: North Carolina
    Publication: Website
    On July 20, 2007, Patrick O'Keefe, the operator of the fan site MarianoRivera.com received a letter from SFX Baseball Group, which represents Yankees baseball player, Mariano Rivera. The letter asserted that the site's use of the domain name, marianorivera.com, violates the... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/10/2007 - 4:16pm - 0 comments
  • Shamblin v. Martinez
    Date: 11/06/2006
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Dismissed (partial), Withdrawn
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Tennessee
    Publication: Blog, Website
    An anonymous blogger made critical statements about Gwen Shamblin, leader of the Remnant Fellowship church, and about the group's beliefs and practices. One of the statements implied that two Remnant Fellowship members who were indicted for beating their eight-year old son to... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/10/2007 - 3:59pm - 0 comments
  • Shawnee Mission East High School v. Sullivan
    Date: 11/21/2011
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition:
    Type: Disciplinary Action
    Jurisdiction: Kansas
    Publication: Micro-blog
    The Shawnee Mission East High School in Kansas on Nov. 22, 2011, ordered Emma Sullivan, a student, to write an apology to Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback after Sullivan tweeted criticism of Brownback during a school field trip to the Kansas state capitol.... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 12/05/2011 - 4:54pm - 0 comments
  • Sherrod v. Breitbart
    Date: 02/11/2011
    Status: Pending
    Disposition: Lawsuit Filed
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: District of Columbia
    Publication: Blog, Micro-blog, Website
    On February 11, 2011, former United States Department of Agriculture official Shirley Sherrod filed in District of Columbia Superior Court a defamation lawsuit against Andrew Breitbart and Larry O'Connor, two individuals involved with the prominent conservative political blog BigGovernment.com. The complaint also... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 07/21/2011 - 5:11pm - 0 comments
  • Shiamili v. The Real Estate Group of New York
    Date: 03/18/2008
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Dismissed (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: New York
    Publication: Forum
    In March 2008, a New York real estate broker filed a defamation lawsuit against The Real Estate Group of New York, Inc. over comments appearing on its website's message board. The Supreme Court of New York, New York County, denied the real... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 02/23/2010 - 5:52pm - 0 comments
  • Shriners v. Hill
    Date: 09/01/2006
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Settled (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Florida
    Publication: Website
    Shriners Hospitals for Children and the Imperial Council of the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North America (collectively, "Shriners") sued James Vernon Hill and Charity Watch Center, Inc. for defamation in September 2006.  Hill and James... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/22/2008 - 3:01pm - 0 comments
  • Shurwest Product Connection, LLC v. Premium Producers Group LLC
    Date: 02/21/2007
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Arizona
    Publication: Blog
    ShurWest Product Connection dba The Annexus Group, a distributor of insurance products, filed a defamation lawsuit against Premium Producers Group, Mitchell Maynard, and Dorice Maynard over, among other things, a review they published on their blog, Index Annuity... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/15/2008 - 5:53pm - 0 comments
  • Shy v. Dylan
    Date: 06/17/2008
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Blog
    On June 17, 2008, Barry Shy, a Los Angeles real estate developer, and his development company, 5th St Loft, sued Jessica Jordan and Alan Dylan, who reside in a building developed by Shy and allegedly run the website Truedowntown, the... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 08/12/2008 - 5:18pm - 0 comments
  • SI03 v. Does
    Date: 06/11/2007
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Illinois, Idaho
    Publication: Website
    SI03, Inc., the company that makes the "Syntrax" line of nutritional supplements, sued 31 individual John Doe defendants and 5 Doe companies over derogatory comments made about Syntrax on the BodyBuilding.com Forums.  The complaint claimed that some of the individual... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 01/12/2008 - 9:34pm - 0 comments

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