Business Torts

In October 2006, Ampersand Publishing LLC, the company that owns the Santa Barbara News-Press, filed a lawsuit against Santa Barabara Independent, Inc., publisher of the Santa Barbara Independent, another local newspaper. The case arose out of Independent editor Nick Welsh's posting of a draft News-Press article in connection with a...  read more »

In January 2008, literary agent Barbara Bauer and her company Barbara Bauer Literary Agency, Inc. filed a lawsuit in New Jersey State court against twenty-two defendants, including the Wikimedia Foundation. The complaint includes claims for defamation, tortious interference with prospective business advantage, and conspiracy. According to court documents,...  read more »

Nemet Chevrolet and its owner Tom Nemet filed a lawsuit against ConsumerAffairs.com, a consumer ratings site run by former reporter James Hood, for publishing user complaints against his company. Nemet claims the postings published on the site constitute defamation, tortious interference with business expectations and violations of the...  read more »

On March 13, 2008, Higher Balance Institute (HBI), which markets metaphysical products and education programs, filed a defamation lawsuit against the alternative news website Signs of the Times and its operators, the Quantum Future Group and Laura Knight-Jadczyk. Only Quantum Future Group has been served. HBI claims that employees...  read more »

World Wide Association of Specialty Programs and Schools ("World Wide") is a Utah corporation that provides referral services, counseling, and recomendations with...  read more »

On February 6, 2008, Julius Baer Bank and Trust Company, a Cayman Islands banking entity, filed suit in federal...  read more »

Lisa Krinsky, the former president, chief operating officer, and chairman of the board of SFBC International, Inc., a Florida company, sued ten anonymous defendants over comments about her posted to a Yahoo! message board. According to court papers, the anonymous forum posters made "scathing verbal attacks" against SFBC, Krinsky,...  read more »

On July 29, 2003, the Dallas Morning News published in print and on its website an allegedly defamatory article by financial writer Scott Burns about an accelerated mortgage...  read more »

The Freecycle Network (TFN) is a nonprofit corporation that acts as a central administrative point for local recycling communities around the United...  read more »

Xcentric Ventures, LLC, operates the Bad Business Bureau, which provides a forum in which consumers may accuse companies and individuals of various "rip-off" and "bad business" offenses. This forum is located on a website that may be accessed through either of two domain names: ripoffreport.com or badbusinessbureau.com. The...  read more »