November 21, 2009

Recent Threats Added to the CMLP Database

NOTE: The information and commentary contained in this database entry are based on court filings and other informational sources that may contain unproven allegations made by the parties. The truthfulness and accuracy of such information is likely to be in dispute.

Guajome Park Academy v. DuPerry

Date: 03/24/2006	Status: Pending	Disposition: Settled (partial)
Type: Lawsuit	Location: California	Publication: Forum

A group of former school employees started a website called Guajome Underground to rally school students, parents, and current and former employees to remove the school superintendent. The school claims that it discovered numerous instances of unauthorized access to a school database...

Legal Threat - dardia - 02/26/2009 - 2:08pm - 0 comments

Sykes v. Gilbert

Date: 05/01/2004	Status: Concluded	Disposition: Dismissed (total)
Type: Lawsuit	Location: California	Publication: Website

Jonathan Sykes is a professor and practitioner of plastic and reconstructive surgery at the University of California, Davis Medical Center in Sacramento. He performed a series of facial cosmetic procedures on Georgette Gilbert in February 2003. Gilbert was unhappy with the results....

Legal Threat - dardia - 04/23/2008 - 7:53am - 0 comments

GTX Global Corp. v. Left

Date: 11/21/2005	Status: Concluded	Disposition: Dismissed (total)
Type: Lawsuit	Location: California	Publication: Blog

Andrew Left published a website called StockLemon, on which he blogged about stocks that he considered "lemons." He made comments on his blog that were critical of GTX Global Corp, and GTX sued, claiming that he made defamatory statements about it in...

Legal Threat - dardia - 01/12/2009 - 12:52am - 0 comments

Cohen v. Ford

Date: 06/02/2000	Status: Concluded	Disposition: Settled (total)
Type: Lawsuit	Location: California	Publication: Blog

Stephen M. Cohen sued Luke Ford for defamation over Ford's blog coverage of a lawsuit brought against Cohen by another party. The case settled in February 2001. ...

Legal Threat - dardia - 11/07/2008 - 5:57pm - 0 comments

Chick v. Kuziw

Date: 03/14/2006	Status: Concluded	Disposition: Settled (total)
Type: Lawsuit	Location: California	Publication: Social Network

The owner of the Chicks Sporting Goods chain, which has stores in Southern California, sued James Kuziw for defamation over content on his MySpace page. Later, Chicks Sporting Goods Inc. was added as a plaintiff, and another defendant was named. The defendants...

Legal Threat - dardia - 11/07/2008 - 5:17pm - 0 comments

Apple v. Does

Date: 12/13/2004	Status: Concluded	Disposition: Subpoena Quashed; Withdrawn
Type: Lawsuit	Location: California	Publication: Website

On December 13, 2004, Apple filed suit against unknown defendants for misappropriation and publication of trade secrets in connection with reports about its "Asteroid" product (a FireWire audio interface for Apple's GarageBand) that appeared on Apple-related news sites, PowerPage, AppleInsider, and ThinkSecret....

Legal Threat - dardia - 04/24/2009 - 9:08am - 0 comments

Apple v. DePlume

Date: 01/04/2005	Status: Concluded	Disposition: Settled (total)
Type: Lawsuit	Location: California	Publication: Blog

DePlume's blog, Think Secret, published a report about a new $500 monitor-less iMac, new iWork software, and the price and features of the Mac Mini days before MacWorld 2005. In January 2005, Apple sued DePlume and his company for misappropriation of trade...

Legal Threat - dardia - 11/07/2008 - 5:18pm - 0 comments

Barrett-Jackson Auction Co. v. Clabuesch

Date: 03/15/2007	Status: Concluded	Disposition: Settled (total)
Type: Lawsuit	Location: Arizona	Publication: Blog; Email; Forum; Print

The Barrett-Jackson Auction Company sued David Clabuesch a Michigan probate judge, and his company, ThumbCo, for breach of contract and defamation relating to actions and statements Clabuesch allegedly made concerning an antique car the company sold for him. Barrett-Jackson claims in its...

Legal Threat - dardia - 11/07/2008 - 5:19pm - 0 comments

McMann v. Doe 2

Date: 11/20/2006	Status: Concluded	Disposition: Dismissed (total); Subpoena Quashed
Type: Lawsuit	Location: Arizona	Publication: Website

Paul McMann, a Massachusetts real estate developer, sued the anonymous operator of an Internet "gripe site" about him. The website contained a photograph of Mr. McMann, the statement that he “turned lives upside down,” and a suggestion to "be afraid, be very...

Legal Threat - dardia - 10/05/2008 - 1:56pm - 0 comments

Romen v. Ballard

Date: 10/24/2006	Status: Concluded	Disposition: Dismissed (total)
Type: Lawsuit	Location: Arkansas	Publication: Print; Website

Sandy Romen, a detective in the Saline County Sheriff's office sued the operator of a website, philmask.com (now defunct), that criticized the operations of the Saline County Sherriff, Phil Mask. Romen sued over an article that originally ran in the...

Legal Threat - dardia - 10/04/2008 - 1:11pm - 0 comments

A&P v. D'Avella

Date: 08/24/2007	Status: Concluded	Disposition: Settled (total)
Type: Lawsuit	Location: New Jersey	Publication: Blog

Two brothers from New Jersey, Mark and Matthew D'Avella, spent the summer working for the A&P supermarket in Califon, New Jersey. They made the best of what could have been a boring situation by creating parodic rap songs with supermarket themes under...

Legal Threat - dardia - 11/07/2008 - 5:20pm - 0 comments

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Recent Threats Added to the CMLP Database

Guajome Park Academy v. DuPerry

Sykes v. Gilbert

GTX Global Corp. v. Left

Cohen v. Ford

Chick v. Kuziw

Apple v. Does

Apple v. DePlume

Barrett-Jackson Auction Co. v. Clabuesch

McMann v. Doe 2

Romen v. Ballard

A&P v. D'Avella

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