- Julius Baer Bank and Trust v. Wikileaks
On February 6, 2008, Julius Baer Bank and Trust Company, a Cayman Islands banking entity, filed suit in federal court in California against Wikileaks, which is developing an "uncensorable Wikipedia for untraceable mass document leaking and analysis." ...Date: 02/06/2008 Status: Concluded Disposition: Injunction Denied; Injunction Issued; Withdrawn Type: Lawsuit Location: California Publication: Wiki Legal Threat - David Ardia - 09/30/2008 - 2:57pm - 0 comments
- Court Rejects Bid to Silence Mortgage Watchdog Website
... that a federal judge denied a motion for a preliminary injunction against it filed by Global Direct Sales, LLC, the Penobscot Indian ... for low- to moderate-income homebuyers. The requested injunction would have barred the Implode-O-Meter and others from ...
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- Rowling v. RDR Books
J.K. Rowling, the author of the successful Harry Potter books and films, and Warner Brothers, which produces and markets Harry Potter movies and products, filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against book publisher RDR Books in the United States District Court for the...Date: 10/31/2007 Status: Pending Disposition: Injunction Issued; Verdict (plaintiff) Type: Lawsuit Location: New York Publication: Print; Website Legal Threat - Sam Bayard - 09/24/2008 - 11:53pm - 0 comments
- Universal Communication Systems v. Lycos
Universal Communication Systems ("UCS") and its CEO, Michael Zwebner, sued Lycos, its Spanish parent company Terra Networks, and several anonymous users of Lycos's Raging Bull forum after the anonymous users created a forum about UCS and criticized the company there....Date: 07/02/2004 Status: Concluded Disposition: Dismissed (total); Injunction Denied Type: Lawsuit Location: Florida; Massachusetts Publication: Forum; Website Legal Threat - CMLP Staff - 09/24/2008 - 5:32pm - 0 comments
- Johnson v. Tucker Max
Tucker Max maintains a website detailing his sexual exploits with women. He had a relationship with former Miss Vermont, Katy Johnson, and put the entire story on his website under the title, the "Miss Vermont Story." Johnson sued Max in...Date: 05/02/2003 Status: Concluded Disposition: Injunction Issued; Withdrawn Type: Lawsuit Location: Florida Publication: Blog Legal Threat - dardia - 07/07/2008 - 3:55pm - 0 comments
- Solengo Capital Advisors v. Dealbreaker.com
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...Date: 03/30/2007 Status: Concluded Disposition: Injunction Denied; Injunction Issued; Material Removed; Settled (total) Type: Lawsuit Location: New York Publication: Blog Legal Threat - David Ardia - 11/07/2008 - 2:43pm - 0 comments
- Fremgen v. FullofBologna.com
Diane Fremgen, the clerk of courts for Winnebago County, Wisconsin, sued online forum FullofBologna.com; its operator, Dennis Payne; Studio 28, Payne's web design company; and a John Doe known as Mr. Imperfect for defamation after Mr. Imperfect posted two lewd...Date: 03/30/2006 Status: Concluded Disposition: Injunction Issued; Material Removed; Settled (partial) Type: Lawsuit Location: Wisconsin Publication: Forum Legal Threat - Arthur Bright - 11/07/2008 - 2:33pm - 0 comments
- Boothe v. Brent Hanson
Brent Hanson, who operated a website focused on laser eye surgery called LasikFraud.com, posted allegedly defamatory material about Dr. Boothe, a refractive surgeon, essentially calling Dr. Boothe a quack and accusing him of botching surgeries. After Dr. Boothe sued Hanson, the parties...Date: 05/09/2005 Status: Concluded Disposition: Injunction Issued; Settled (total) Type: Lawsuit Location: Texas Publication: Website Legal Threat - Jill Button - 11/07/2008 - 5:31pm - 0 comments
- Lennar Pacific v. Morgan
Michael Morgan is a real estate broker and consultant, who sold or placed under contract several homes in Lennar Pacific developments in Florida, and who also owned a home in one of Lennar's developments. He and Lennar became embroiled in a bitter...Date: 04/18/2007 Status: Concluded Disposition: Settled (total) Type: Lawsuit Location: Florida Publication: Website Legal Threat - dardia - 11/07/2008 - 5:15pm - 0 comments
- Global Direct Sales, LLC v. Krowne
Global Direct Sales, LLC, its principals Ryan Hill and Christopher Russell, and the Penobscot Indian Nation sued Aaron Krowne, Krista Railey, and others after Krowne's mortgage watchdog website, The Mortgage Lender Implode-O-Meter, published an article written by Railey...Date: 09/19/2008 Status: Pending Disposition: Injunction Denied Type: Lawsuit Location: Maryland Publication: Website Legal Threat - Sam Bayard - 11/11/2008 - 10:02am - 0 comments
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