Yelp v. Hadeed Carpet Cleaning (4/16/15)
STATUS:
Virginia Supreme Court rules in favor of Yelp.
Virginia Supreme Court Won't Force Yelp to Reveal Identities of Anonymous Commenters
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
In a victory for Yelp and its anonymous commenters, the Virginia Supreme Court ruled that the Circuit Court could not force the California based online review site to reveal the identity of users who had posted negative reviews of the California carper cleaning service.
http://www.rcfp.org/browse-media-law-resources/news/virginia-supreme-court-wont-force-yelp-reveal-identities-anonymous-c
Opinion:
http://www.courts.state.va.us/opinions/opnscvwp/1140242.pdf
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Roca Lab v Does
Roca Labs v Does (11/14/14)
STATUS: Suit filed in Circuit Court.
Fla.Cir.: Roca Labs Sues Anonymous Commenters In Convoluted Plot To Get Negative Comments De-Indexed From Google
TechDirt
Roca Labs is suing 11 anonymous commenters who posted comments to PissedConsumer.com, but it doesn't seem interested in who posted the comments; instead, it just wants to get a court order to pressure Google and others into no longer linking to those reviews.
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20141202/15032929299/roca-labs-latest-nutty-strategy-to-delete-negative-reviews-sue-anonymous-commenters-pretend-comments-are-property.shtml
Complaint:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.documentcloud.org/documents/1373944/12-02-03.pdf
STATUS: Suit filed in Circuit Court.
Fla.Cir.: Roca Labs Sues Anonymous Commenters In Convoluted Plot To Get Negative Comments De-Indexed From Google
TechDirt
Roca Labs is suing 11 anonymous commenters who posted comments to PissedConsumer.com, but it doesn't seem interested in who posted the comments; instead, it just wants to get a court order to pressure Google and others into no longer linking to those reviews.
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20141202/15032929299/roca-labs-latest-nutty-strategy-to-delete-negative-reviews-sue-anonymous-commenters-pretend-comments-are-property.shtml
Complaint:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.documentcloud.org/documents/1373944/12-02-03.pdf
Westlake Legal Group v. Schumacher
Westlake Legal Group v. Schumacher (8/19/14)
STATUS: Court dismissed case over improper service.
E.D. Va.: Court Sets Aside Default Libel Judgment and Injunctions Against Yelp
A Virginia lawyer and his firm had obtained a $200,000 default judgment over a negative review posted on Yelp. Granting a motion to set aside the judgment, the Court held that service on Yelp was improper and dismissed the complaint as time barred or alternatively barred by Section 230.
Opinion:
http://www.medialaw.org/images/medialawdaily/yelp08.20.14.pdf
STATUS: Court dismissed case over improper service.
E.D. Va.: Court Sets Aside Default Libel Judgment and Injunctions Against Yelp
A Virginia lawyer and his firm had obtained a $200,000 default judgment over a negative review posted on Yelp. Granting a motion to set aside the judgment, the Court held that service on Yelp was improper and dismissed the complaint as time barred or alternatively barred by Section 230.
Opinion:
http://www.medialaw.org/images/medialawdaily/yelp08.20.14.pdf
Sanders v. Walsh
Sanders v. Walsh (9/16/13)
STATUS: Appellate panel rules against online posters.
Cal.App.: Courts Crack Down on Web Posters Playing "Fast and Loose" with Facts
The Recorder
For the second time in many months, an appellate panel has ruled against posts on Yelp and similar sites. The decisions cut against the grain of some previous appellate decisions which have held that readers expect posts on internet message boards to play fast and loose with the truth, setting a higher bar to defamation.
http://www.law.com/jsp/ca/PubArticleCA.jsp?id=1202619508102&Courts_Crack_Down_on_Web_Posters_Playing_Fast_and_Loose_With_Facts&slreturn=20130823122033
STATUS: Appellate panel rules against online posters.
Cal.App.: Courts Crack Down on Web Posters Playing "Fast and Loose" with Facts
The Recorder
For the second time in many months, an appellate panel has ruled against posts on Yelp and similar sites. The decisions cut against the grain of some previous appellate decisions which have held that readers expect posts on internet message boards to play fast and loose with the truth, setting a higher bar to defamation.
http://www.law.com/jsp/ca/PubArticleCA.jsp?id=1202619508102&Courts_Crack_Down_on_Web_Posters_Playing_Fast_and_Loose_With_Facts&slreturn=20130823122033
Budget Van Lines v. Better Business Bureau
Budget Van Lines v. Better Business Bureau (8/20/2013)
STATUS: Court is allowing lawsuit over comments made on online review site.
Cal. App.: C.A. Allows Suit Against Better Business Bureau Over Rating
Metropolitan News Enterprise
A company that brokers household moving services can sue the local Better Business Bureau for disparaging its service on the BBB’s website, the Court of Appeal for this district ruled yesterday.
http://www.metnews.com/articles/2013/bbb082113.htm
Order: http://www.metnews.com/articles/2013/bbb082113.htm
STATUS: Court is allowing lawsuit over comments made on online review site.
Cal. App.: C.A. Allows Suit Against Better Business Bureau Over Rating
Metropolitan News Enterprise
A company that brokers household moving services can sue the local Better Business Bureau for disparaging its service on the BBB’s website, the Court of Appeal for this district ruled yesterday.
http://www.metnews.com/articles/2013/bbb082113.htm
Order: http://www.metnews.com/articles/2013/bbb082113.htm
Lee v. Makhenivich
STATUS: Order given March 27, 2013.
S.D.N.Y.: You Shouldn't Need a Copyright Lawyer to Pick a Dentist
Technology & Marketing Law Blog (Eric Goldman)
Lee
became unsatisfied with his interactions with the dentist and posted
critical online reviews to Yelp, DoctorBase and other websites.
Apparently unhappy with the reviews, the dentist invoked the Mutual
Agreement to Maintain Privacy and claimed copyright ownership over those
reviews.
> Opinion: Lee v. Makhenivich
http://digitalcommons.law.scu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1347&context=historical
Smith v. Arden
STATUS: Complaint filed on Dec 2nd, 2010
D.Utah: Motivational Speaker Sues for Defamation, Seeks to Unmask Commentators
MediaPost
A motivational speaker has sued Elizabeth Arden's Complaintsboard.com, blog host WordPress, and the Buffalo, N.Y.-based news site Artvoice for allegedly hosting libelous comments by users.
In a complaint filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Utah, James Smith, who gives talks about real estate and financial matters, alleges that he was defamed by online comments accusing him of having "extramarital affairs" and asserting that "he and his entities are dishonest, deceitful, untrustworthy, and who fleece investors."
http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=140542&nid=121417
--Complaint: Smith v. Arden
http://mlrc.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0xMTU4NDAwJnA9MSZ1PTAmbGk9NDgwODA0NA/index.html
D.Utah: Motivational Speaker Sues for Defamation, Seeks to Unmask Commentators
MediaPost
A motivational speaker has sued Elizabeth Arden's Complaintsboard.com, blog host WordPress, and the Buffalo, N.Y.-based news site Artvoice for allegedly hosting libelous comments by users.
In a complaint filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Utah, James Smith, who gives talks about real estate and financial matters, alleges that he was defamed by online comments accusing him of having "extramarital affairs" and asserting that "he and his entities are dishonest, deceitful, untrustworthy, and who fleece investors."
http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=140542&nid=121417
--Complaint: Smith v. Arden
http://mlrc.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0xMTU4NDAwJnA9MSZ1PTAmbGk9NDgwODA0NA/index.html
Davis v. Avvo, Inc. (Fla. Cir. Ct. filed Aug. 26, 2010)
STATUS: Complaint filed.
Fla. Cir: Attorney Claims Avvo.com Defamed Him
Courthouse News Service
An attorney claims a "rate your lawyer" website defamed him and other lawyers by misrepresenting public information and using "punitive, coercive and manipulative practices" against attorneys who try to correct their listings. Larry Joe Davis Jr. a St. Petersburg attorney, sued Avvo.com in Pinellas County Court.
http://www.courthousenews.com/2010/08/31/29991.htm
>> Complaint: Davis v. Avvo, Inc.
http://www.courthousenews.com/2010/08/31/Avvo.pdf
See also:Lawsuit of the Day: Why is This Guy So Angry with Avvo?
Above the Law
http://abovethelaw.com/2010/09/lawsuit-of-the-day-why-is-this-guy-so-angry-with-avvo/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+abovethelaw+%28Above+the+Law%29&utm_content=Bloglines
Fla. Cir: Attorney Claims Avvo.com Defamed Him
Courthouse News Service
An attorney claims a "rate your lawyer" website defamed him and other lawyers by misrepresenting public information and using "punitive, coercive and manipulative practices" against attorneys who try to correct their listings. Larry Joe Davis Jr. a St. Petersburg attorney, sued Avvo.com in Pinellas County Court.
http://www.courthousenews.com/2010/08/31/29991.htm
>> Complaint: Davis v. Avvo, Inc.
http://www.courthousenews.com/2010/08/31/Avvo.pdf
See also:Lawsuit of the Day: Why is This Guy So Angry with Avvo?
Above the Law
http://abovethelaw.com/2010/09/lawsuit-of-the-day-why-is-this-guy-so-angry-with-avvo/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+abovethelaw+%28Above+the+Law%29&utm_content=Bloglines
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