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  • Siegal v. Kardashian
    Date: 12/28/2009
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Florida
    Publication: Micro-blog
    Dr. Sanford Siegal, creator of the "Cookie Diet" weight-loss program, and his company, Dr. Siegal's Direct Nutritionals, LLC, filed a defamation lawsuit against celebrity socialite, model, and actress Kim Kardashian after she posted negative comments about the "Cookie Diet" on... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 01/05/2010 - 6:16pm - 0 comments
  • Sienna/Johnson Development v. Calvin
    Date: 12/13/2005
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Injunction Issued, Settled (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Texas
    Publication: Forum
    In December 2005, Texas real estate developer Sienna/Johnson Development and its senior vice president Douglas Goff sued Chris Calvin and the Committee for Responsible Development (an organization co-chaired by Calvin).  Sienna and Goff alleged that Calvin posted critical comments about them on... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 03/12/2009 - 11:54am - 0 comments
  • Sierra Corporate Design v. Falk
    Date: 06/14/2005
    Status: Pending
    Disposition: Dismissed (partial), Injunction Issued, Verdict (plaintiff)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: North Dakota
    Publication: Forum, Website
    Sierra Corporate Design ("Sierra"), a self-described "specialized Internet service provider and web hosting provider," sued Ed Falk, an anti-spam campaigner and operator of the "Spam Tracking Page," and David Ritz, a member of one of Falk's Usenet groups, in North Dakota state... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/10/2007 - 3:58pm - 0 comments
  • Silver v. Lavandeira
    Date: 07/22/2008
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: New York
    Publication: Blog
    On July 22, 2008, Elizabeth Silver, a blogger on PerezRevenge.com (now www.rPulse.com), which describes itself as a "website where celebrities could post information about their careers, events and when necessary personal lives without the taint of rumor or speculation" sued rival celebrity... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/16/2008 - 12:29am - 0 comments
  • Simorangkir v. Love
    Date: 03/26/2009
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Settled (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Blog, Micro-blog, Website
    Fashion designer Dawn Simorangkir, who works under the label "BoudoirQueen," sued celebrity Courtney Love in California state court over statementsmade on Twitter, on Love's MySpace blog, and on Simorangkir's feedback page on etsy.com,an online marketplace for... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 03/30/2009 - 6:24pm - 0 comments
  • Sinclair v. Democratic Underground
    Date: 04/01/2008
    Status: Pending
    Disposition: Subpoena Quashed
    Type: Subpoena
    Jurisdiction: District of Columbia
    Publication: Forum, Website
    In March 2008, Lawrence Sinclair sued three pseudonymous Internet users -- TubeSockTedD, mzmolly, and Owningliars -- for defamation in federal district court in the District of Columbia.  In late 2007/early 2008, Sinclair published a YouTube video and blog claiming that he had engaged... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 02/10/2009 - 7:34pm - 0 comments
  • Sinclair v. TubeSockTedD
    Date: 03/13/2008
    Status: Pending
    Disposition: Dismissed (total), Subpoena Quashed
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: District of Columbia
    Publication: Forum, Website
    In March 2008, Lawrence Sinclair sued three pseudonymous Internet users -- TubeSockTedD, mzmolly, and Owningliars -- for defamation in federal district court in the District of Columbia.  In late 2007/early 2008, Sinclair published a YouTube video and blog claiming that he had engaged... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 02/10/2009 - 6:58pm - 0 comments
  • Singapore v. Nair
    Date: 05/31/2008
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Convicted
    Type: Criminal Charge
    Jurisdiction: Singapore
    Publication: Blog, Email
    Gopalan Nair, a U.S. citizen who blogs from Fremont, California, was arrested in Singapore for publishing insulting comments on his blog, Singapore Dissident, and in an email about two Singaporean judges. In May 2008, Nair, a former Singapore lawyer, attended a... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 06/18/2008 - 4:46pm - 0 comments
  • Singer v. Centropa
    Date: 11/21/2008
    Status: Pending
    Disposition: Material Removed
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: New York
    Publication: Website
    On November 21, 2008, John Singer filed a lawsuit against Centropa, a non-profit NGO based in Vienna, Austria, that focuses on documenting Jewish oral history through interviews. Centropa publishes these oral histories on its website, Centropa.org.  Singer's complaint, filed in... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 03/03/2009 - 6:10pm - 0 comments
  • Skutt Catholic High School v. Does
    Date: 06/30/2006
    Status: Pending
    Disposition: Material Removed
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Nebraska
    Publication: Wiki
    Skutt Catholic High School sued anonymous Wikipedia posters over critical edits posted to the school's Wikipedia page in 2006. The posts criticized the quality of education at the school and its high tuition, used vulgar language, and referenced student drug use. After... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 06/30/2009 - 4:54pm - 0 comments
  • Small Justice LLC et al. v. Xcentric Ventures LLC
    Date: 07/16/2013
    Status: Pending
    Disposition: Lawsuit Filed
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
    Publication: Website
    This case arose from the judicial transfer of the copyright in a report entitled "Complaint Review: Richard A. Goren" ("the Report") that was posted on consumer reporting website Ripoff Report on January 31, 2012. The copyright transfer was ordered by a... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 07/30/2013 - 10:20am - 0 comments
  • Smith-Green Community School Corp. v. T.V. & M.K. (minors)
    Date: 01/01/2009
    Status: Pending
    Disposition: Lawsuit Filed
    Type: Disciplinary Action
    Jurisdiction: Indiana
    Publication: Social Network
    High School Principal Austin Couch suspended two female high school sophomores from participating in extracurricular athletics after Couch obtained sexually-suggestive photos that the students took of themselves and posted to MySpace.  The students, T.V. and M.K., subsequently filed a class action... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 11/04/2009 - 6:13pm - 0 comments
  • Snyder v. Creative Loafing, Inc.
    Date: 11/24/2010
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: New York, District of Columbia
    Publication: Blog, Print
    On November 19, 2010, the Washington City Paper published "The Cranky Redskins Fan's Guide to Dan Snyder." The article levied a wide array of complaints about Snyder, owner of the Washington Redskins NFL franchise since 1999. The complaints... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/02/2011 - 2:33pm - 0 comments
  • Snyder v. Phelps
    Date: 06/05/2006
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Dismissed (partial), Dismissed (total), Verdict (plaintiff)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Maryland
    Publication: Verbal, Website
    The Westboro Baptist Church is a fundamentalist Christian church that contends that God kills soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan as punishment for America'stolerance of homosexuality and for the presence of gays in the U.S. military. The church operates a number of... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 10/25/2007 - 9:34am - 0 comments
  • Society of Homeopaths v. Netcetera
    Date: 10/11/2007
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Material Removed
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: United Kingdom
    Publication: Blog
    The UK-based Society of Homeopaths sent a cease-and-desist letter to web host Netcetera demanding that it remove a post from Le Canard Noir's Quackometer blog entitled "The Gentle Art of Homeopathic Killing." The Society alleged that the post, which criticized it... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/10/2008 - 4:35pm - 0 comments
  • Software Development and Investment v. Wall
    Date: 08/11/2005
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Dismissed (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Nevada
    Publication: Blog
    In August 2005, Software Development and Investment of Nevada ("Software Development"), a Nevada corporation in the business of "internet advertising and internet placement optimization" under the name Traffic-Power.com, sued Aaron Wall and an unknown number of anonymous users of Wall's blog for... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/10/2007 - 3:58pm - 0 comments
  • Solengo Capital Advisors v. Dealbreaker.com
    Date: 03/30/2007
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Injunction Denied, Injunction Issued, Material Removed, Settled (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: New York
    Publication: Blog
    Dealbreaker.com, a website that describes itself as "an online business tabloid and Wall Street gossip site," was sued for copyright infringement by Solengo Capital, a hedge fund founded by former Amaranth Advisors traders, over Dealbreaker's posting of Solengo's... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 06/06/2008 - 4:31pm - 0 comments
  • Solengo Capital Advisors v. Dealbreaker.com (letter)
    Date: 03/28/2007
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Lawsuit Filed
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: New York
    Publication: Blog
    Dealbreaker.com, a website that describes itself as "an online business tabloid and Wall Street gossip site," received a letter from counsel for Solengo Capital, a hedge fund founded by former Amaranth Advisors traders, asserting that Dealbreaker's posting... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 06/06/2008 - 5:14pm - 0 comments
  • Sollami v. Sheppard
    Date: 01/22/2004
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: New York
    Publication: Blog
    James Sollami, the former Town Supervisor of Cornwall, New York, sued blogger Tom Sheppard for libel in New York state court in 2004. Sheppard operates a website called "Cornball-Local.com," which deals with local politics. Sollami objected to 27 statements made on the... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/10/2007 - 3:58pm - 0 comments
  • Sorenson's Ranch School v. MySpace
    Date: 07/31/2006
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Material Removed, Withdrawn
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Utah
    Publication: Social Network
    Sorenson's Ranch School, a rehabilitation center and school for troubled youths in Koosharem, Utah, along with two of its officers filed a defamation lawsuit against MySpace and 10 unknown John Doe defendants claiming that a MySpace page had been set up in... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 11/16/2007 - 6:36pm - 0 comments

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