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Blogger of venomous insults sues Google for outing her

donal brown August 28, 2009

Legal experts think that a fashion student’s suit against Google has little chance of success. She had anonymously called a model a “shank” and was subsequently identified by Google. -DB San Francisco Chronicle August 28, 2009 By James Temple The blogger who anonymously tarred a fashion model as a “skank” before being outed by Google Inc. under court order generated considerable public outrage when she announced plans to sue the company for $15 million, but few

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Mother-in-law jokes get comedian in legal stew

donal brown August 26, 2009

A comedian who traffics in mother-in-law jokes may be on the right side of the First Amendment, but that may be little comfort as her mother-in-law sues her for defamation. -DB Los Angeles Times August 25, 2009 By John Rogers LOS ANGELES (AP) – “Take my mother-in-law — please,” isn’t a joke you’re likely to hear often these days from Sunda Croonquist. The veteran comic is being sued by her mother-in-law after making her the

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District of Columbia sets bar higher for revealing anonymity of Internet commentators

donal brown August 17, 2009

The District of Columbia high court established new strict guidelines for plaintiffs seeking the identify of online commentators. -DB Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press August 14, 2009 By Rory Eastburg The District of Columbia’s highest court Thursday announced a demanding new standard that plaintiffs must meet before they can obtain the names of anonymous Internet commenters. According to the decision (PDF download) in Solers, Inc. v. Doe, the case stems from a complaint submitted

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A&A: Can I file for defamation?

firstamendment June 14, 2009

Q: Can I file for defamation against a co-worker who often call me gay, crook and maniac in front of my co-workers? A: Generally speaking, under California law, slander is a false statement made to a third person that charges a person with crime, imputes him with having an infectious or loathsome disease, tends to injure him with respect to his business or trade (either by imputing to him general disqualification in those respects which

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