Recent Threats Added to the DMLP Database

NOTE: The information and commentary contained in this database entry are based on court filings and other informational sources that may contain unproven allegations made by the parties. The truthfulness and accuracy of such information is likely to be in dispute. Information contained in this entry is current as of the last event mentioned in the "Description" section below; additional proceedings might have taken place in this matter since this event.

Gatelli v. Does

Date: 05/25/2007
Status: Pending
Disposition: Subpoena Enforced, Subpoena Quashed
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Publication: Forum
Joseph Pilchesky, operator of the website Doherty Deceit, sued Judy Gatelli, the President of the Scranton, Pennsylvania City Council, for defamation after she canceled a city council meeting in response to what she called threats of violence posted on the website.  Gatelli filed a...
- 11/10/2008 - 5:58pm - 0 comments

Leiser v. Fell

Date: 04/01/2006
Status: Pending
Disposition: n/a
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Virginia
Publication: Forum, Website
Donna Fell is being sued for posting a rating on LawyerRatingz.com and also for posting a thread on Fairfax Underground about her experience with a law firm and lawyer. Three lawsuits are still pending in Fairfax Circuit...
- 11/10/2008 - 5:25pm - 0 comments

Kesler v. Doe

Date: 05/16/2000
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Settled (total)
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: California
Publication: Forum
Grant S. Kesler, President and CEO of Metalclad Corporation, filed a John Doe suit after comments critical of him and the company appeared on the Yahoo! Finance message board dedicated to Metalclad.  The comments allegedly called into question Mr. Kesler's...
- 11/10/2008 - 12:10pm - 0 comments

Medinah Mining v. Ingram

Date: 02/22/2000
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Dismissed (total)
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Nevada
Publication: Forum
Medinah Mining Company ("Medinah"), a Nevada corporation, and Les Price, a Canadian citizen and officer and director of Medinah, sued sixteen individual defendants from Chile, Canada, and several U.S. states, alleging that they defamed Medinah and Price over the Internet, including...
- 11/10/2008 - 11:24am - 0 comments

Brazil v. Roe

Date: 03/29/2007
Status: Pending
Disposition: Material Removed
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Publication: Blog
On March 29, 2007, St. Charles County County Commissioner Joe Brazil filed a defamation lawsuit against political consultant Jeff Roe after Roe published statements on his blog, The Source, claiming that Brazil had been drinking at the time of an...
- 11/03/2008 - 2:29pm - 0 comments

Roe v. First Capitol News

Date: 04/01/2007
Status: Pending
Disposition: n/a
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Publication: Blog, Website
Republican political consultant Jeff Roe filed a defamation lawsuit against First Capitol News, LLC, and First Capitol Publications and Photography, LLC, after First Capitol published an article on its website characterizing Roe's blogging and political activity as "character...
- 11/03/2008 - 2:23pm - 0 comments

Soussa v. Grant

Date: 06/06/2006
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Retraction Issued, Settled (total)
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Publication: Print, Website
New Jersey real estate broker Ronald Soussa sued former Montville city council member Dan Grant for defamation over statements published on Grant's campaign website in 2005.  According to NJ.com,  Grant sent Soussa a retraction letter acknowledging that his website "wrongly...
- 10/31/2008 - 1:41pm - 0 comments

Von Kuersteiner v. Schrader

Date: 04/18/2008
Status: Pending
Disposition: Dismissed (total), Material Removed, Subpoena Quashed
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: New York
Publication: Blog
Eric Von Kuersteiner, who owns and operates several businesses in the "Pines" beach resort community on Fire Island, New York, sued blog operator Eric Schrader and several anonymous commenters for defamation in New York state court.  Schrader ran the now-defunct pavillion.blog, named...
- 10/29/2008 - 6:34pm - 0 comments

Global Direct Sales, LLC v. Krowne

Date: 09/19/2008
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Dismissed (total)
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Maryland
Publication: Website
Global Direct Sales, LLC, its principals Ryan Hill and Christopher Russell, and the Penobscot Indian Nation sued Aaron Krowne, Krista Railey, Implode-Explode Heavy Industries, Inc. (IEHI), Krowne Concepts, Inc. (KCI), and others after Krowne's mortgage watchdog website, The Mortgage Lender Implode-O-Meter,...
- 10/29/2008 - 11:59am - 0 comments

Global Direct Sales, LLC v. Krowne (Correspondence)

Date: 09/10/2008
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Lawsuit Filed
Type: Correspondence
Jurisdiction: California
Publication: Website
Krista Railey published an article critical of the Grant America Program in her "FHA Mortgage Whistleblower" column on Aaron Krowne's mortgage watchdog website,  The Mortgage Lender Implode-O-Meter. The Grant America Program is a seller-financed downpayment assistance program...
- 10/29/2008 - 11:53am - 0 comments

Grace v. Neeley

Date: 01/21/2003
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Dismissed (total), Material Removed
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: California
Publication: Website
In December 2002, Roger Grace was the winning bidder on several auctions of Hollywood memorabilia being sold by Tim Neeley on the popular action site, eBay.  After Grace left negative feedback about the transactions, Neeley posted a negative comment about...
- 10/26/2008 - 11:26pm - 0 comments

Fahmy v. Hogge

Date: 02/20/2008
Status: Pending
Disposition: Dismissed (total)
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: California
Publication: Blog
Stephen Graham Hogge, operator of the blog, Hog on Ice, was sued in California by former Miami School of Law classmate Fatima dos Santos Fahmy over statements he made about her on his blog, which he describes as a...
- 10/23/2008 - 3:58pm - 0 comments

Maxon v. Susan Wren

Date: 09/08/2008
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Dismissed (total)
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Illinois
Publication: Website
Donald and Janet Maxon served a pre-discovery petition on Ottawa Publishing Company, the operator of mywebtimes.com, a website for The Times, a local newspaper based in Ottawa, IL.  The Maxons seek to force The Times to provide identifying...
- 10/20/2008 - 4:57pm - 0 comments

Maxon v. Ottawa Publishing Company

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...
- 10/20/2008 - 4:04pm - 0 comments

Illinois v. The Alton Telegraph

Date: 09/18/2008
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Subpoena Enforced, Subpoena Quashed
Type: Subpoena
Jurisdiction: Illinois
Publication: Website
An Illinois grand jury subpoenaed The Alton Telegraph newspaper in September 2008, seeking the  names, addresses and IP addresses of readers who posted comments to TheTelegraph website under five pseudonyms. The subpoena required that the newspaper's keeper of records appear...
- 10/17/2008 - 3:18pm - 0 comments

Citadel Security Software v Does 1-5

Date: 03/16/2005
Status: Pending
Disposition: Dismissed (partial)
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Texas
Publication: Forum
Citadel Security Software (CDSS), a company that provides "enterprise vulnerability management solutions," sued five "John Doe" defendants who criticized CDSS on a Yahoo! Finance message board focused to the company. On March 16, 2005, CDSS sued the five anonymous posters for defamation and...
- 10/17/2008 - 2:25pm - 0 comments

Beard v. The Portland Mercury

Date: 03/24/2008
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Subpoena Quashed
Type: Subpoena
Jurisdiction: Oregon
Publication: Blog, Website
In September 2008, an Oregon state judge ruled that Oregon's media shield law, found at Or. Rev. Stat. §§ 44.510 to 44.540, protected the identity of anonymous commenters who posted allegedly defamatory statements on The Portland Mercury and...
- 10/17/2008 - 2:23pm - 0 comments

Holmgren v. Murrieta Opinion

Date: 03/06/2008
Status: Pending
Disposition: Dismissed (total)
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: California
Publication: Blog
Roy Holmgren sued the Murrietta Opinion and About Murrieta blogs, as well anonymous operators and/or commenters to these blogs, for defamation in California state court in March 2008. The complaint alleged that the defendants published...
- 10/17/2008 - 1:51pm - 0 comments

Cohen v. Doe

Date: 08/31/2006
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Injunction Issued, Settled (total)
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Maine
Publication: Forum
Alissa Cohen sued Doe for defamation and trade libel in Maine state court after Doe criticized Cohen on various online forums, including www.complaints.com and www.sunfood.com.  Doe allegedly purchased but did not receive food-related items from Cohen's website, www.alissacohen.com.  Cohen...
- 10/11/2008 - 8:46am - 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...
- 10/10/2008 - 5:58am - 3 comments

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