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  • The Traditional Cat Association v. Gilbreath
    Date: 05/22/2002
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Dismissed (partial), Material Removed, Settled (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Website
    On May 22, 2002, Diane Fineran and The Traditional Cat Association (TTCA), filed a lawsuit against Laura Gilbreath, Lee Zimmerman, Randi Briggs, John Herold, Diane Dunaway, and Traditional Cat Association (TCA), claiming unfair competition, defamation, and conversion.  The individuals in this case are all cat... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 03/24/2009 - 4:13pm - 0 comments
  • Theriot v. Does
    Date: 05/07/2010
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Dismissed (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Louisiana
    Publication: Forum
    On May 7, 2010, the Parish of Jefferson in Louisiana and its interim President, Steve Theriot, filed a lawsuit in state court against unnamed Does for defamation.  According to the Complaint, the Does "systematically published messages on the Internet using... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 05/12/2010 - 3:32pm - 0 comments
  • Thomas & Betts Corp. v. Does 1-50
    Date: 05/12/2000
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Withdrawn
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Forum
    On May 12, 2000, Thomas & Betts Corporation, an electrical connector manufacturer, brought a John Doe lawsuit in California state court against several anonymous posters to a Yahoo message board about the company.  The company alleged that certain of the... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 03/12/2009 - 4:27pm - 0 comments
  • Thompson v. Facebook
    Date: 09/29/2009
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Florida
    Publication: Social Network
    Disbarred Florida attorney and critic of the video game industry Jack Thompson, proceeding pro se, filed a complaint against Facebook, Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida on September 29, 2009.  The ... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 10/01/2009 - 7:51pm - 0 comments
  • Thompson v. Gelin
    Date: 12/09/2008
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Disciplinary Action
    Jurisdiction: Florida
    Publication: Blog
    Jack Thompson, a former Florida attorney, recently disbarred, filed a complaint with the Florida Bar against JAABlog publisher and attorney William Gelin. Thompson is seeking to have Gelin sanctioned by the Florida Bar (potential punishments range from reprimand to disbarment) because... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 12/10/2008 - 3:36pm - 0 comments
  • Thompson v. Shawty The Comedian
    Date: 03/19/2010
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Georgia
    Publication: Micro-blog
    Tina Thompson, an exotic dancer who performs under the stage name "Nairobi," filed a lawsuit in Georgia state court against a comedian going by the names "Shawty The Comedian," "Shawty Shawty," and "Shawty Champagne." Thompson claims that Shawty posted a message to... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 03/23/2010 - 5:41pm - 0 comments
  • Thomson Reuters (Scientific) Inc. [EndNote] v. George Mason University [Zotero]
    Date: 09/05/2008
    Status: Pending
    Disposition: Dismissed (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Virginia
    Publication: Website
    Thomson Reuters, creators of the commercial and proprietary EndNote reference management software, have filed suit against the Commonwealth of Virginia and George Mason University, whose Center for History and New Media created the free and open source Zotero reference manager... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 10/10/2008 - 5:58am - 3 comments
  • Three Angels Broadcasting v. Joy
    Date: 04/06/2007
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
    Publication: Website
    Three Angels Broadcasting Network ("3ABN"), a non-denominational Christian TV and radio ministry with ties to Seventh-Day Adventism, and Danny Lee Shelton, 3ABN's president and one of its founders, sued Gailon Arthur Joy and Robert Pickle for trademark infringement, trademark dilution,... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 07/23/2008 - 4:39pm - 0 comments
  • Three Unnamed Guitar Heroes v. Ojala
    Date: 02/01/2008
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Website
    Finnish media artist Santeri Ojala created a series of popular YouTube videos that parody legendary guitarists such as Steve Vai, Carlos Santana, and Eric Clapton. In the videos, Ojala overdubbed the guitarists' performances with his own (intentionally) bad guitar playing. The combination... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 02/28/2008 - 11:54am - 0 comments
  • Tiamo Resorts vs. Mark & Cathy Sussman
    Date: 05/28/2010
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Website
    My wife and I went to Tiamo Resorts in the Bahamas on a vacation in March 2010. On our last night there, all of the cash in our luggage was stolen, amounting to $7600. We were told by the owners... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 06/07/2010 - 4:35pm - 0 comments
  • Tilghman v. Albero
    Date: 07/10/2007
    Status: Pending
    Disposition: Verdict (defendant)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Maryland
    Publication: Blog
    Barrie P. Tilghman, Mayor of Salisbury Maryland, filed a defamation lawsuit against local blogger Joe Albero, who operates the Salisbury News blog, wich covers matters of local interest in Salisbury and Wicomico County. The case is pending in Wicomico County... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/17/2008 - 3:01pm - 0 comments
  • Tiny Details, LLC v. Ward
    Date: 02/26/2008
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: New York
    Publication: Blog
    In June 2006, blogger Stephen Ward wrote a post criticizing Tiny Details, LLC, a company that produces doll-making kits that users can assemble at home and sell as a work-from-home-business. The post described Ward's negative experience with the company and directed... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 05/12/2008 - 6:41pm - 0 comments
  • TMI v. Maxwell
    Date: 02/08/2002
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Dismissed (total), Material Removed, Verdict (plaintiff)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Texas
    Publication: Website
    In 2002, TMI Inc., a homebuilder operating under the name Trendmaker Homes, sued Joseph Maxwell over his gripe site, alleging that Maxwell had violated federal and Texas anti-dilution provisions, and the federal Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (“ACPA”). Maxwell registered the domain name... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 01/07/2008 - 3:51pm - 0 comments
  • Too Much Media, LLC v. Hale
    Date: 06/09/2008
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: New Jersey
    Publication: Forum
    Too Much Media, LLC ("TMM"), a software company that services the online adult entertainment business, sued Washington-based blogger Shellee Hale in New Jersey state court in June 2008, after she posted comments about a security breach in TMM's software product... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 04/28/2009 - 6:34pm - 0 comments
  • Town of Secaucus v. NJ.com
    Date: 09/01/2008
    Status: Pending
    Disposition: Material Removed
    Type: Subpoena
    Jurisdiction: New Jersey
    Publication: Forum
    According to the Hudson Reporter, in September 2008 the Town of Secaucus sought a subpoena from a Hudson County Superior Court judge to force NJ.com, a website run by a group of New Jersey newspapers, to disclose the identities of... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 07/07/2009 - 6:27pm - 0 comments
  • Town of Southborough v. MySouthborough.com
    Date: 09/22/2009
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
    Publication: Blog
    In September and October 2009, Aldo Cipriani, Town Counsel for Southborough, MA, exchanged letters with Susan Fitzgerald, publisher of MySouthborough.com, a blog dedicated to local politics. Cipriani's letters requested that Fitzgerald turn over the identity of a commenter going by... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 04/21/2010 - 6:14pm - 0 comments
  • Trosch v. Layshock
    Date: 04/01/2007
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
    Publication: Social Network
    In December 2005, Justin Layshock and three other high school students created fake MySpace profiles for their principal, Eric Trosch. The profiles included an official school portrait of Trosch and answers to the website's template questions for creating a profile. Many of... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 10/12/2007 - 7:44pm - 0 comments
  • TSA v Chris Elliott and Steve Frischling
    Date: 12/29/2009
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Withdrawn
    Type: Subpoena
    Jurisdiction: Florida, Connecticut
    Publication: Blog
    On December 29, 2009, agents of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) interrogated and served subpoenas on two travel bloggers who had posted a TSA security directive put in place after the failed Christmas day "underwear bomber" attempt. The two bloggers, Steven Frischling... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 01/04/2010 - 12:55pm - 0 comments
  • Tucson Greyhound Park v. Zoldan
    Date: 01/03/2008
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Injunction Denied, Settled (partial), Withdrawn
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Arizona
    Publication: Blog
    Tucson Greyhound Park (TGP) filed a defamation suit against blogger Karyn Zoldan after she criticized its treatment of racing dogs. TGP took issue with Zoldan's postings on End Tucson Greyhound Racing, including statements that tens of thousands of dogs had... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 07/03/2008 - 2:02pm - 0 comments
  • Turtle Mountain Chippewa Indians v. Port
    Date: 05/11/2007
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition:
    Type: Disciplinary Action
    Jurisdiction: Reservation
    Publication: Blog, Website
    In May 2007, the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians banished Robert Port from the tribe's lands for publishing an article, "The Appalling State of North Dakota Indian Reservations," on the Dakota Beacon website and on his own... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 06/20/2008 - 1:00pm - 0 comments

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