November 22, 2009

Recent Threats Added to the CMLP Database

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Ricobene v. JP Morgan Chase

Date: 04/13/2009	Status: Pending	Disposition: n/a
Type: Lawsuit	Location: Illinois	Publication: Social Network

James Ricobene filed suit against JP Morgan Chase and collection agency Universal Tracing Services (UTS) after a UTS employee allegedly posted a message on Ricobene's daughter's MySpace page threatening legal action if he did not surrender his 2007 Mercedes GL450, which he...

Legal Threat - CMLP Staff - 07/01/2009 - 5:09pm - 0 comments

Consociate Inc. v. Macon County Shared Vision

Date: 06/04/2007	Status: Pending	Disposition: Withdrawn
Type: Lawsuit	Location: Illinois	Publication: Website

Administrators of the employee healthcare plan for the city of Decatur, Illinois filed a defamation lawsuit against Macon County Shared Vision, a concerned-citizens group that criticized high healthcare costs in several website postings. Defendants moved to dismiss the complaint under Illinois anti-SLAPP statute,...

Legal Threat - CMLP Staff - 09/19/2009 - 12:07pm - 0 comments

Tanner Friedman v. Doe

Date: 05/27/2009	Status: Pending	Disposition: Material Removed; Subpoena Enforced
Type: Lawsuit	Location: Michigan	Publication: Micro-blog

TFSC, LLC, a public relations firms doing business as Tanner Friedman, is suing an unknown Twitter user in a Detroit federal district court seeking injunctive relief and damages arising out of his use of the Twitter account "tannerfriedman." Tanner Friedman, in its...

Legal Threat - CMLP Staff - 06/30/2009 - 4:55pm - 0 comments

Skutt Catholic High School v. Does

Date: 06/30/2006	Status: Pending	Disposition: Material Removed
Type: Lawsuit	Location: Nebraska	Publication: Wiki

Skutt Catholic High School sued anonymous Wikipedia posters over critical edits posted to the school's Wikipedia page in 2006. The posts criticized the quality of education at the school and its high tuition, used vulgar language, and referenced student drug use. After...

Legal Threat - CMLP Staff - 06/30/2009 - 4:00pm - 0 comments

Jacob v. Bezzant

Date: 01/01/1999	Status: Pending	Disposition: Dismissed (total)
Type: Lawsuit	Location: Utah	Publication: Print; Website

In 1999, Brett Bezzant, then-owner of the American Fork Citizen New Utah!, a local newspaper, published a political advertisement prepared and paid for by Bill Jacob, which claimed that an American Fork City ordinance barred two men from running for City Council,...

Legal Threat - CMLP Staff - 06/26/2009 - 1:51pm - 0 comments

Bible & Gospel Trust v. Twinam

Date: 01/25/2007	Status: Pending	Disposition: n/a
Type: Lawsuit	Location: Vermont	Publication: Website

Bible & Gospel Trust, associated with a religious group known as the Exclusive Brethren, sued Sallie and Timothy Twinam claiming that they were the owners and operators of the website Peebs.net, which is critical of the Exclusive Brethren....

Legal Threat - CMLP Staff - 06/26/2009 - 1:28pm - 2 comments

Blixseth v. Bresnan Communications

Date: 02/13/2009	Status: Pending	Disposition: Material Removed; Subpoena Quashed
Type: Lawsuit	Location: Massachusetts	Publication: Website

On February 13, 2009, Tim Blixseth, a real estate developer and shareholder in the bankrupt Montana ski resort Yellowstone Club, filed a complaint in Massachusets federal court against Bresnan Communications, a New York-based ISP, and 100 unnamed defendants. ...

Legal Threat - CMLP Staff - 06/25/2009 - 2:31pm - 0 comments

Cafiero v. Custer

Date: 08/14/2008	Status: Pending	Disposition: n/a
Type: Lawsuit	Location: Pennsylvania	Publication: Blog; Forum; Social Network; Website

John Cafiero, a rock musician and manager of punk bands The Ramones and The Misfits, filed suit against Doug Custer (a/k/a Doug Evil) alleging in his complaint that Custer infringed his copyright by posting an animated video featuring The Misfits...

Legal Threat - CMLP Staff - 06/24/2009 - 11:34pm - 0 comments

Zisa v. Labrosse

Date: 02/24/2009	Status: Pending	Disposition: n/a
Type: Lawsuit	Location: New Jersey	Publication: Forum

New Jersey police Chief Charles "Ken" Zisahas filed suit against an elementary school teacher in New Jersey state court, asserting that she made defamatory comments about him on a NJ.com, a local news website and forum. According to news ...

Legal Threat - CMLP Staff - 06/19/2009 - 2:46pm - 0 comments

HIMSS v. PedSource

Date: 02/25/2009	Status: Pending	Disposition: n/a
Type: Correspondence	Location: Massachusetts; Vermont	Publication: Blog

Lawyers from the Healthcare Information Management and Systems Society (HIMSS), a health care industry trade group, sent letters to two bloggers demanding that they remove allegedly offensive and defamatory user comments, provide any information that may help in...

Legal Threat - CMLP Staff - 06/19/2009 - 11:38am - 0 comments

Target Corp. v. Doe

Date: 09/05/2006	Status: Concluded	Disposition: Dismissed (total)
Type: Lawsuit	Location: Georgia	Publication: Forum; Website

Target Corporation, a chain retailer, filed a lawsuit against an initially unknown Internet user with the handle “Target Sucks” for copyright infringement and misappropriation of trade secrets for allegedly posting information on various retail-employee forums and blogs. Target identified the user as...

Legal Threat - CMLP Staff - 06/19/2009 - 10:53am - 0 comments

Blazi v. Wagoner

Date: 09/19/2008	Status: Concluded	Disposition: Dismissed (total)
Type: Lawsuit	Location: Connecticut	Publication: Website

The owner of a Connecticut coffee shop sued two former employees in federal court, asserting that they violated federal and state law when they allegedly converted the coffee shop's website into a forum to launch verbal attacks on the store and its...

Legal Threat - CMLP Staff - 06/19/2009 - 10:16am - 0 comments

Suarez v. Mecca

Date: 08/09/2005	Status: Pending	Disposition: Dismissed (partial)
Type: Lawsuit	Location: New Jersey	Publication: Forum

In August 2005, Ridgefield New Jersey mayor Anthony R. Suarez sued Ridgefield resident Michael Mecca, who had allegedly posted defamatory content to the Ridgefield forum on NJ.com under the alias "Voter12345." According to court filings, the...

Legal Threat - CMLP Staff - 06/19/2009 - 10:09am - 0 comments

Bihari v. Gross

Date: 03/03/2000	Status: Concluded	Disposition: Injunction Denied; Material Removed; Settled (total)
Type: Lawsuit	Location: New York	Publication: Website

Marianne Bihari, an interior designer, and her company Bihari Interiors Inc. brought a lawsuit against Craig Gross, a former customer of Bihari, and Yolanda Truglio for federal unfair competition, cybersquatting, trademark dilution, common law unfair competition, libel, and tortious intereference with contract. Bihari sought...

Legal Threat - CMLP Staff - 06/12/2009 - 12:56am - 0 comments

Abourezk v. ProBush.com

Date: 05/27/2003	Status: Concluded	Disposition: Settled (total)
Type: Lawsuit	Location: South Dakota	Publication: Website

On May 27, 2003, former South Dakota Senator James G. Abourezk filed a defamation suit against Michael Marino, one of the co-owners of ProBush.com, a website that "offered unconditional support of the 43rd US President, George W. Bush," based on Abourezk's...

Legal Threat - CMLP Staff - 09/01/2009 - 11:45am - 0 comments

Spelios and Associates v. Dewalle

Date: 04/15/2009	Status: Pending	Disposition: n/a
Type: Lawsuit	Location: North Carolina	Publication: Website

Spelios and Associates, a North Carolina dental practice, filed a lawsuit in North Carolina against a former patient, asserting that she made defamatory comments about the practice on the Charlotte News & Observer's website. In its complaint, Spelios...

Legal Threat - CMLP Staff - 06/11/2009 - 11:30pm - 0 comments

Alvi Armani Medical, Inc. v. Hennessey

Date: 05/19/2008	Status: Concluded	Disposition: Dismissed (partial); Settled (total)
Type: Lawsuit	Location: Florida	Publication: Forum; Website

Dr. Antonio Alvi Armani, a California hair-restoration surgeon, filed a lawsuit in Florida federal court against Media Visions, Inc., and its president, Patrick Hennessey, the operators of The Hair Tranplant Network, a hair-loss forum. The complaint, also filed...

Legal Threat - CMLP Staff - 06/11/2009 - 11:27am - 0 comments

Boston College Campus Police v. Calixte

Date: 04/10/2009	Status: Concluded	Disposition: Subpoena Quashed
Type: Criminal Investigation	Location: Massachusetts	Publication: Email; Social Network

On March 30, 2009, Detective Kevin Christopher of the Boston College Police Department applied for a search warrant to seize computers, computer equipment, and digital storage devices belonging to Riccardo Calixte, a Boston College (BC) computer science major...

Legal Threat - CMLP Staff - 07/07/2009 - 4:46pm - 0 comments

Comins v. VanVoorhis

Date: 05/13/2009	Status: Pending	Disposition: n/a
Type: Lawsuit	Location: Florida	Publication: Blog

Christopher Comins, an Orange County businessman, filed a defamation lawsuit against Matthew Frederick VanVoorhis, who publishes a wordpress blog called Public Intellectual. Comins objects to two of VanVoorhis' blog posts from June and August...

Legal Threat - CMLP Staff - 06/04/2009 - 1:36pm - 0 comments

Remove Your Content v. Does

Date: 03/02/2009	Status: Pending	Disposition: n/a
Type: Lawsuit	Location: Texas	Publication: Blog; Email; Forum

Remove Your Content LLC, which bills itself as a "targeted adult content removal service," filed suit in federal district court in Texas against 20 unnamed defendants for defamation, business disparagement, tortious interference, assault, and trademark infringement. Remove Your Content's claims...

Legal Threat - CMLP Staff - 06/03/2009 - 4:35pm - 0 comments

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Recent Threats Added to the CMLP Database

Ricobene v. JP Morgan Chase

Consociate Inc. v. Macon County Shared Vision

Tanner Friedman v. Doe

Skutt Catholic High School v. Does

Jacob v. Bezzant

Bible & Gospel Trust v. Twinam

Blixseth v. Bresnan Communications

Cafiero v. Custer

Zisa v. Labrosse

HIMSS v. PedSource

Target Corp. v. Doe

Blazi v. Wagoner

Suarez v. Mecca

Bihari v. Gross

Abourezk v. ProBush.com

Spelios and Associates v. Dewalle

Alvi Armani Medical, Inc. v. Hennessey

Boston College Campus Police v. Calixte

Comins v. VanVoorhis

Remove Your Content v. Does

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