Kehoe v. Craigslist
Threat Type: LawsuitParty Receiving Legal Threat: Craigslist, Inc.; Jane DoeDate: 03/01/2010Type of Party: IndividualStatus: PendingType of Party: IndividualOrganizationDisposition: Material...
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Brazil Fines Google Over Dirty Jokes on Orkut; Brazilian Lawyers Weigh In
Techdirt first drew our attention to Google's recentlegaltroubles in Brazil over its Orkut social networking site (which, as Mike Masnick says, is—mysteriously—only popular in Brazil). The case has...
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LaPausky v. Yelp! Inc.
Threat Type: LawsuitParty Receiving Legal Threat: Yelp! Inc.Date: 03/03/2010Type of Party: IndividualStatus: PendingType of Party: OrganizationLocation of Party: CaliforniaLocation: California...
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Levitt v. Yelp! Inc.
Threat Type: LawsuitParty Receiving Legal Threat: Yelp! Inc.; Does 1-100Date: 03/12/2010Type of Party: IndividualStatus: PendingType of Party: OrganizationLocation of Party: CaliforniaLocation:...
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Scott P. v. Craigslist, Inc.
Threat Type: LawsuitParty Receiving Legal Threat: Craigslist, Inc.; Foster Dairy Farms; Foster Poultry Farms; Michael O. Simpson; Albert Carreno; Does 1 through 100Date: 02/05/2010Type of Party:...
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Collins v. Federated Publications, Inc.
Threat Type: LawsuitParty Receiving Legal Threat: Purdue University; Board of Trustees of Purdue University; Purdue University Police Department; Stephen J. Akers; Lyman (Trea) R. Mitten, III; Jeanne...
View ArticleTown of Southborough v. MySouthborough.com
Threat Type: CorrespondenceParty Receiving Legal Threat: MySouthborough.com; Susan FitzgeraldDate: 09/22/2009Type of Party: GovernmentStatus: PendingType of Party: IndividualLocation of Party:...
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Illinois Court Requires Newspaper Website To Identify Pseudonymous Commenter
A mid-level appellate court in Illinois ruled on Tuesday that the publisher of a local newspaper must reveal the identity of a pseudonymous Internet commenter. In Maxon v. Ottawa Publishing Co.,...
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T&J Towing v. Kurtz
Threat Type: LawsuitParty Receiving Legal Threat: Justin KurtzDate: 04/05/2010Type of Party: IndividualOrganizationStatus: PendingType of Party: IndividualLocation of Party: MichiganLocation: Michigan...
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T&J Towing v. Kurtz: We've Got The Court Documents
Last Monday, the New York Times ran an article about T&J Towing's lawsuit against a college student, Justin Kurtz, over a Facebook group page he started called “Kalamazoo Residents against T&J...
View ArticleMajor League Baseball v. Charter Communications Inc.
Threat Type: SubpoenaParty Receiving Legal Threat: Charter Communications Inc.Date: 06/03/2010Type of Party: Large OrganizationStatus: PendingType of Party: Large OrganizationLocation of Party: New...
View ArticleCMLP ANNOUNCEMENT: Resources on SOPA/PIPA
In light of today's internet blackouts, we have received numerous requests for information about the Stop Online Piracy Act ("SOPA") and the Protect IP Act ("PIPA"), as well as the reasons for today's...
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Viacom v. YouTube: The Second Circuit Punts on 'Right and Ability to Control'
I'm not all that worried about YouTube's legal fate as such (I'm pretty sure Google can afford plenty of lawyers), but when the Second Circuit speaks on the DMCA, I listen. And really, the Court of...
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Britain's New Libel Bill: Better on Libel Tourism, But Worse on Anonymous...
Britain's effort to reform its defamation laws and shed London's title of "libel capital of the world" has been chugging along for several years, but now it looks like it's in sight of the last stop:...
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The IRS and User-Generated Content
As we have reported previously, the Digital (nee Citizen) Media Law Project has been following a trend in delays at the Internal Revenue Service relating to Section 501(c)(3) tax exemptions for...
View ArticleDoes Washington State's SB 6251 Require Online Classified Sites to Monitor...
The trafficking of children for sex in the United States is an appalling and very real problem, which a new Washington state law means to eliminate by targeting websites that offer classified...
View ArticleANNOUNCEMENT: Panel and Fundraiser for "Without My Consent"
We would like to congratulate Without My Consent on its one-year anniversary, and announce an exciting event in celebration! Without My Consent is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to...
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FunnyJunk, LLC vs. TheOatmeal.com
Threat Type: CorrespondenceParty Receiving Legal Threat: TheOatmeal.com, Matthew InmanDate: 06/02/2012Type of Party: OrganizationStatus: PendingType of Party: IndividualOrganizationLocation of Party:...
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Monsarrat v. Filcman
Threat Type: LawsuitParty Receiving Legal Threat: Deb Filcman, Ron Newman, Does 1-100Date: 04/30/2013Type of Party: IndividualStatus: ConcludedType of Party: IndividualDisposition: Dismissed...
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French Court: Claim of First Amendment Rights in Search Results Inconsistent...
On November 6, the Paris Tribunal de Grande Instance (TGI) ordered Google and Google France to withdraw and stop displaying in their search engine results, for a period of five years, nine pictures of...
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