Libel

In December 2007, Tony Parker sued X17, Inc., the operator of X17online.com, a celebrity news and gossip website, alleging libel and false light invasion of privacy. According to Parker's complaint,...  read more »

An anonymous Internet user ("webmaster") created the website "RNN Sucks" and a related Yahoo! message board in order to critize New York television station WRNN-TV. A number of anonymous posters used the message board to criticize WRNN. WRNN filed suit against Yahoo! and 10 anonymous posters, claiming ...  read more »

On May 10, 2006, Nikki Hemmings and Sharman Networks filed a defamation complaint in British Columbia Supreme Court against Jon Newton, the owner and moderator of P2Pnet.net, a Canadian website that tracks news in the peer-to-peer industry. The lawsuit also included claims against Interserver, Inc. (P2Pnet’s Internet Service Provider)...  read more »

On October 12, 2007, the Islamic Society of Arlington, Texas, and several other Islamic organizations sued Joe Kaufman for libel and intentional infiction of emotional distress in Texas state court. In addition...  read more »

In June 2007, Rachel Neuwirth, a journalist and political commentator who espouses strongly pro-Israel views, sued Washington-state blogger Richard Silverstein and university professor Joel Beinin for libel in...  read more »

Chris Grotke and Lise LePage, co-founders and owners of iBrattleboro.com, a citizen journalism site based in Brattleboro, Vermont, were sued on November 16 for libel based on a comment submitted by one of the site's users. The lawsuit, brought by Effie Mayhew, alleges that David Dunn, the former...  read more »

Charlie Sykes, a talk radio host and blogger for WTMJ-AM(620) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, wrote an essay on his blog that criticized Robert Miranda, editor of the Spanish Journal. According to press accounts of the dispute, Sykes alleged that Miranda had in October 1991 been "one...  read more »

On October 26, 2007, the New School of Orlando sued Sonjia McSween, the parent of a former student, in Florida state court, asserting claims of libel, ...  read more »

Global Telemedia International (GTMI), a publicly traded telecommunications company, sued a number of anonymous users who posted negative comments about the firm and its officers on the financial message board Raging Bull, alleging that the posts constituted ...  read more »

In August 2007, Stuart Pivar sued science blogger P.Z. Meyers and Seed Media Group, LLC (SMG) for defamation in ...  read more »