Employee Blogs

In March 2000, AnswerThink, a business and technology consulting firm, fired Gregory P. Hackett for allegedly criticizing the company on a Yahoo! forum and sued him for breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty and loyalty, and defamation in Florida federal court. AnswerThink fired and sued...  read more »

In February 2000, AnswerThink, a business and technology consulting firm, sued 12 John Does for defamation in Florida federal court. The John Does had posted criticism of the company in a Yahoo! forum dedicated to AnswerThink. John Doe 3 answered AnswerThink's complaint anonymously in...  read more »

Allegheney Energy ("AE") fired Clifton Swiger for allegedly posting anonymous criticism of the company and racial epithets on a Yahoo! forum.  AE said the posts were a violation of AE's diversity policy. In October 2003, AE sued Swiger as a John Doe ...  read more »

The Washington Post reportedly fired staffer Michael Tunison over profane blog posts on NFL humor blog Kissing Suzy Kolber. Tunison was a regular poster to the blog under the pseudonym "Christmas Ape," and the disciplinary action came soon after he decided to shed his...  read more »

In mid-February 2008, CNN fired Chez Pazienza, a senior producer for the "American Morning" program. According to Pazienza, CNN fired him because of his personal blog, Deus Ex Malcontent, and because of his blogging for the Huffington Post. Although Pazienza's blog often contains strong...  read more »

On November 14, 2007, BESCR, a court reporting service company, and two of its principals, sued Trisha Goodman, an Oklahoma-based court reporter, and others for statements appearing on Goodman's blog, "Let's Stop Eastwood-Stein." According to BESCR's complaint, Goodman started the blog in late September 2007 after she allegedly...  read more »

The Lebanon, Oregon school district has been in turmoil for many years. On August 1, 2007, three members of the school board placed the superintendent on administrative leave pending an investigation. In response, an anonymous blogger going by "Lebanon Truth" ("LT") started a blog designed to give the public...  read more »

Best Western International (BWI) is a non-profit organization whose members operate Best Western hotels around the world. In May 2006, the website "www.freewrites.com" was established as a forum for BWI members and "governors" to discuss matters about BWI administration on a confidential basis. (BWI "governors" act as liasons between...  read more »

A New York news station broadcast a report on Citywide Sewer & Drain focusing on customer complaints. Angelo Carusone, who had worked a summer job at Citywide, made comments on his blog under the title, "Citywide Really Is Shittywide." Citywide sued Carusone and his father, who worked at Citywide, for...  read more »

Permanente Medical Group, Inc. and Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. (Kaiser) sued fomer employee Elisa Cooper in California state court in March 2005. The complaint alleged that Cooper breached a confidentiality agreement and invaded the privacy of Kaiser patients by posting on her personal blog documents containing the...  read more »