Defamation

Lifestyle Lift Holding, Inc. and LL NJ, Inc. are in the business of performing facelifts and other cosmetic surgery. In September 2006, they sued NBC-Subsidiary (WCAU-TV) (a.k.a. NBC 10), NBC Universal and certain of its affiliates, NBC reporter Lu Ann Cahn, and Dr. Louis Bucky over a television news...  read more »

Dr. Marion Nestle, who publishes the blog What To Eat, criticized the Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) in a blog post, accusing the CCF of, among other things, receiving its funding from and serving as a mouthpiece for the tuna industry. CCF's director...  read more »

Lending company CEO and homeowner Cary Burch sent a cease-and-desist email to "ocrenter," the pseudonymous operator of Bubble Markets Inventory Tracking, a realty blog. The blog had published a post criticizing Burch's purchase of a home. Ocrenter did not mention Burch by name in the post, but...  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 »

Benjamin Cole, writer for SBCOutpost.com, a collaborative "Southern Baptist news & commentary" blog, received a cease and desist letter from counsel representing Dr. Paige Patterson, president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Cole had criticized Patterson in a blog post for allegedly refusing to take...  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 »

Amy Ancel, a local politician in Connecticut, posted a comment on WestportNow.com, a community news site in Westport Connecticut, in which she accused two users of the site of libeling her. The disputed comments occurred in a series of comments relating to the relocation of...  read more »

In February 2008, the Frisco Fairways Homeowners Association filed a defamation suit against three homeowners after they posted critical comments about the association on an online community forum. According to the Dallas News, the lawsuit claims that Mr. Snell, Mr. Doumani, and Mr. Macari falsely stated or implied...  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 »

On January 29, 2008, Domenic Gatto and Atlantic Express Transportation Corp. filed a special proceeding in New York Supreme Court, Richmond County, seeking permission to file a sealed lawsuit for defamatioin against Jerry Capeci. Capeci, a former organized crime reporter with The Daily News, runs GangLandNews.com, a website...  read more »