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Date: 06/20/2008
Status: Pending
Disposition:
Type: Correspondence
Jurisdiction: California
Publication: Forum
On June 20, 2008, counsel for Bernard Malik sent a cease-and-desist letter via email to the administrator of ScamFraudAlert.com, a forum site that focuses on alleged Internet scams, security threats, and fraudulent practices. The letter asserted that a forum user...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 07/07/2008 - 2:48pm - 2 comments
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Date: 07/25/2007
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Withdrawn
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: New York
Publication: Forum
In July 2007, Manchanda Law Offices, PLLC and attorney Rahul Manchanda (collectively "Manchanda") sued Xcentric Ventures over negative "rip-off reports" about the firm published on the Ripoff Report website, which provides a forum in which consumers may accuse companies and...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 11/26/2008 - 5:03pm - 0 comments
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Date: 09/28/2007
Status: Pending
Disposition: Dismissed (partial), Injunction Denied
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: New York
Publication: Website
Todd Layne Cleaners of Manhattan sued Evan Maloney after he posted flyers near the store and created a gripe site at toddlaynecleanerssucks.com. On the flyers and website, Maloney allegedly stated that the dry cleaner "sucks" and "is overpriced." The complaint,...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 12/01/2007 - 11:12am - 0 comments
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Date: 07/01/2007
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Withdrawn
Type: Criminal Investigation
Jurisdiction: Arizona
Publication: Website
Starting in 2004, the Phoenix New Times published a number of articles critical of Maricopa County Sheriff, Joe Arpaio. In one article published on its website in 2004, the newspaper disclosed Arpaio's home address as part of a story raising questions about...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 10/24/2007 - 7:12pm - 0 comments
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Date: 01/01/2008
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Dismissed (total)
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Publication: Forum
New Jersey theater group the Marlboro Community Players filed a defamation suit against 11 John Doe defendants over comments posted on NJ.com's Theater Forum. The Marlboro Players allege that the posters criticized the group with the intent to humiliate and...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 10/07/2008 - 10:08pm - 0 comments
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Date: 07/09/2010
Status:
Disposition: Material Removed
Type: Criminal Charge
Jurisdiction: California
Publication: Website
The nature of the threat is a secret, known only to judge A. Howard Matz and Agent Smith.The complaint was on July 9, 2010. The site was removed on or about October 7, 2010. ...
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Legal Threat - Guest - 11/18/2010 - 12:33am - 0 comments
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Date: 06/01/2009
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Injunction Issued, Withdrawn
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Rhode Island
Publication: Social Network
Michelle Langlois, whose brother is embroiled in a pending child
custody case with his ex-wife, posted information and commentary about her brother's case to her
Facebook account. Tracey Martin, the ex-wife, filed a "domestic abuse" petition in Kent County Family Court against Langlois, claiming...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 07/30/2009 - 2:07pm - 0 comments
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Date: 04/25/2002
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Settled (total)
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Illinois
Publication: Email, Forum
Jay Marvin, a Chicago talk-radio host, sued Janice Shell and two John Does over comments the three defendants made about him on the Raging Bull finance
forum and from email sent by Shell to Marvin's employer, complaining
about his alleged harassment of...
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Legal Threat - Arthur Bright - 06/20/2008 - 2:24pm - 0 comments
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Date: 01/10/2006
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Settled (total)
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: California
Publication: Social Network
Tedd W. Mason, a high school football player, filed a lawsuit against his teammate and MySpace.com user, Matthew Grey, for battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, public disclosure of private facts, invasion of privacy, false light, and defamation. Grey allegedly...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 06/03/2009 - 4:28pm - 0 comments
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Date: 08/08/2008
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Injunction Denied, Withdrawn
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Publication: Forum, Print, Website, Other
According to the complaint, Zack Anderson, RJ Ryan, and Alessandro Chiesa were undergraduate students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The students claimed to have discovered a vulnerability in the "CharlieCard" and "CharlieTicket" automated fare collection systems used by...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 01/13/2014 - 3:50pm - 0 comments
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Date: 02/14/2006
Status: Concluded
Disposition:
Type: Correspondence
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Publication: Website
Mary Jean is the operator of Conte2006.com, which describes itself as being "designed for the sole purpose of stopping the re-election of [Worchester, MA] District Attorney John J. Conte." Jean posted a video to the site that showed state police engaging in...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 11/29/2007 - 9:50pm - 0 comments
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Date: 05/01/2013
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Dismissed (total)
Type: Criminal Charge
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Publication: Social Network, Other
The plaintiff, an 18-year old who aspires to be a rapper, posted lyrics on his Facebook page referencing the Boston Marathon bombings two weeks after the bombings occurred. D'Ambrosio also posted that the White House was a "federal house of horror." While...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 07/29/2013 - 5:01pm - 0 comments
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Date: 12/01/2007
Status: Pending
Disposition: Verdict (plaintiff)
Type: Criminal Charge
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Publication: Website
Peter Lowney, a political activist from Newton, Massachusetts, was
convicted in December 2007 of violating the Massachusetts wiretapping statute (Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 99)
and sentenced to six months probation and fined $500. The criminal case
arose out of Lowney's concealed...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 12/12/2007 - 12:38pm - 0 comments
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Date: 12/01/2007
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Withdrawn
Type: Criminal Charge
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Publication:
In December 2007, Massachusetts authorities charged documentary filmmaker and citizen journalist Emily Peyton with violating Massachusetts wiretapping law after she videoptaped police arresting an antiwar protester in Greenfield, Massachusetts. The ACLU represented Ms. Peyton, and the charges against her were...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 01/19/2010 - 6:21pm - 1 comments
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Date: 08/12/2011
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Material Removed
Type: Police Activity
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Publication: Blog
David Portnoy runs a sports and humor blog entitled Barstool Sports, which the Boston Globe calls a "popular
and controversial" website. Late in the week of August 8, 2011,
Portnoy posted a picture of toddler child Benjamin Brady,...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 08/31/2011 - 12:28pm - 0 comments
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Date: 02/11/2005
Status: Concluded
Disposition:
Type: Subpoena
Jurisdiction: California
Publication: Forum
Anonymous users posted negative comments about Matrixx Initiatives on the Yahoo! Finance and Silicon Investor message boards. Matrixx filed a lawsuit against the anonymous "John Doe" posters in an Arizona court alleging defamation and other claims. Matrixx received information from Yahoo! that...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 04/24/2008 - 7:37pm - 0 comments
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Date: 12/12/2002
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Withdrawn
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Arizona
Publication: Forum
Pharmaceutical company Matrixx Initiatives, Inc. sued several named and anonymous Internet users in Arizone state court over negative posts about the company on the Yahoo! Finance and Silicon Investor message boards. Although the court filings for the case...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 12/05/2008 - 5:10pm - 0 comments
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Date: 08/26/2004
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Subpoena Enforced, Withdrawn
Type: Subpoena
Jurisdiction: Maryland
Publication: Website
Matrixx Initiatives filed a lawsuit in Arizona state court against anonymous posters who allegedly defamed the company on
the Yahoo! Finance and Silicon Investor message boards. During that case and with the permission of the Arizona court, Matrixx obtained a subpoena in Maryland...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 11/26/2008 - 3:30pm - 0 comments
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Date: 05/07/2007
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Settled (total)
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Illinois
Publication: Website
Professional photographer Steven Matteo sued Howard Rubin for defamation, copyright infringement, false light invasion of privacy, and interference with prospective economic advantage in Illinois federal court after Rubin posted criticism online of Matteo's photographs of the wedding of Rubin's daughter. Rubin allegedly...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 08/13/2008 - 4:26pm - 0 comments
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Date: 09/08/2008
Status: Pending
Disposition: Subpoena Enforced
Type: Subpoena
Jurisdiction: Illinois
Publication: Website
Donald and Janet Maxon served a pre-litigation petition for discovery on Ottawa Publishing Company, the operator of mywebtimes.com, a website for The Times, a local newspaper based in Ottawa, IL. The Maxons sought to force The Times to...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 10/20/2008 - 4:04pm - 0 comments