Salon Professional Academy v. Blacconiere, No. 2009L000465 (Ill. Cir. Ct., Kane County filed July 27, 2009).
Status: Pending.

The Salon Professional Academy, a cosmetology school in Elgin, Ill., sued Nicholas Blacconiere and a John Doe for comments on a Facebook page disparaging the school and its teachers.

Blacconiere created the page and solicited comments about the school, and posted some himself. The anonymous commenter "John Doe" posted other comments.

Case Information and Documents:
http://www.citmedialaw.org/threats/salon-professional-academy-v-blacconiere
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=310962
http://writ.news.findlaw.com/commentary/20090925_hodes.html