“South Carolina Court Awards $1.8 Million Libel Judgment Against Blogger”
Ad agency head Scott Brandon sued Donald Wizeman “claiming that Wizeman was the author of Myrtle Beach Insider and that Wizeman had defamed him by publishing a June 2007 post calling him a ‘failed...
View ArticleUpdate: Patent Troll Tracker lawsuit goes to trial
Watch what you say about lawyers dept.: a jury will consider the claim of East Texas intellectual property litigator Eric Albritton that he was defamed by Richard Frenkel at his lawyer-critical Patent...
View ArticleTroll Tracker blog suit settles
As the East Texas jury was set to begin deliberations. Per Joe Mullin’s must-read coverage at IP Law and Business, Rick Frenkel’s lawyer-critical blog is now entirely closed down even to private...
View Article“Man spends $7,000 defending himself in suit filed by eBay seller”
Michael Steadman posted a negative review on eBay over a $44 clock that he didn’t think worked as advertised. He’s already spent $7,000 defending himself against the defamation suit filed by the...
View ArticleLawyer’s suit against lawyer-rating service Avvo
A Florida complainant might wind up digging himself a deeper hole, reputation-wise. [Above the Law] Tweet Tags: pro se, watch what you say about lawyers Lawyer’s suit against lawyer-rating service Avvo...
View Article“1-800-Ask-Gary firm sues lawyers over critical blog”
“Three lawyers say they were just engaging in legitimate speech about the 1-800-Ask-Gary [lawyer-referral] hot line. Not amused, the people behind Ask Gary sued.” [Tampa Tribune] Separately, the...
View Article“Lawyer Deemed ‘the Most Worst Attorney’ in Online Rants Can’t Sue, Judge Rules”
A Suffolk County, N.Y. judge ruled that online gripes about a divorce lawyer were pure opinion. [ABA Journal] Tweet Tags: Long Island, watch what you say about lawyers “Lawyer Deemed ‘the Most Worst...
View Article“Law School Sues Law Firm and Bloggers for Criticizing its Placement Data”
Watch what you say about lawyers — and now it seems about law schools as well, specifically Michigan’s Thomas M. Cooley Law School. [TaxProf, Above the Law] Tweet Tags: law schools, Michigan, watch...
View ArticleLaw firm sues over poor Better Business Bureau rating
“Stung by a dismal mark last year, the KEL law firm has filed a federal lawsuit against the Better Business Bureau of Central Florida that challenges its rating system, accuses it of false advertising...
View Article“Talk about my past lawsuits? See you in court”
Someone who’s sued a past employer might be eager to keep that fact off the search-engine record, but the First Amendment protects the right to disseminate information of that sort. [Volokh] Tweet...
View Article“Law Student Sues Law School For Implying He’s Litigious”
“Watch what you say about lawyers” is an old theme around here, but in light of developments at Wake Forest it might need to be extended to law students as well. [Above the Law, more] Tweet Tags: law...
View ArticlePublish an article that undermines lawsuits? See you in court
A plaintiff’s lawyer is suing a medical journal and two doctors for publishing a case report that makes it harder to win some birth-injury lawsuits. Here are the details, as reported by Sheri Qualters...
View ArticleUpdate: liability for publishing articles that undermine lawsuits
“A federal appeals court has shot down a Massachusetts consumer protection case against two doctors, a medical journal and its publisher over an allegedly flawed article cited by defendants in...
View ArticleFree speech roundup
“Bloggers = Media for First Amendment Libel Law Purposes” [Obsidian Finance Corp. v. Cox; Volokh] Co-workers’ taking of Lord’s name in vain is element in discrimination claim of religious harassment...
View ArticleNot About the Money Watch II: Yelp user sued after slamming law firm
“A Texas law firm has sued a former client over a negative Yelp review, posted after the firm sued the client for attorney fees.” Joseph Browning of Austin had comprehensively denounced the firm as...
View ArticleFree speech roundup
Departing NPR ombudsman claims U.S. free speech guarantees wouldn’t protect Charlie Hebdo, many on Twitter would like to set him straight on that [Edward Schumacher-Matos] More: Hans Bader. Ninth...
View ArticleFree speech roundup
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) proposes to regulate social media bots, or to put it differently, to regulate a form of speech carried on through automated mechanisms [John Samples, Cato] “The State...
View ArticleLibel, slander, and defamation roundup
Texas trims back its SLAPP law after complaints it was being used in circumstances far from original design [John G. Browning, D Magazine] Howard Wasserman on John Oliver on SLAPP suits [Prawfsblawg]...
View ArticleLibel, slander, and defamation roundup
Texas trims back its SLAPP law after complaints it was being used in circumstances far from original design [John G. Browning, D Magazine] Howard Wasserman on John Oliver on SLAPP suits [Prawfsblawg]...
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