Brompton Buildings v. Yelp

Brompton Buildings v. Yelp (January 31, 2013)

Ill.App.: Building Owner Can't Discover the Identity of Tenant Who Writes Bashing Yelp Review
Forbes (Eric Goldman)
http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericgoldman/2013/02/20/building-owner-cant-discover-the-identity-of-tenant-who-writes-bashing-yelp-review/

Opinion:
http://www.state.il.us/court/R23_Orders/AppellateCourt/2013/1stDistrict/1120547_R23.pdf

Dillard v. Raycom

Dillard v. Raycom Media (8/24/2012)

STATUS: Complaint filed on 8/24/2012 in Lauderdale County Court.

Fla. Cir.: Complaint: Dillard v. Raycom Media
Courthouse News
Raycom Media and the Shoals Insider website defamed an attorney by reporting that he "was arrested for urinating in front of school children" though he was only peeing in the bushes, the man claims in Lauderdale County Court.

Complaint: Dillard v. Raycom Media
http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/08/28/Defame.pdf

Mendez v. Barstoolsports.com

STATUS: Lawsuit filed on December 5, 2011.

N.J. Super: Man Claims Sports Blog Defamed Him
Courthouse News
A man claims that the popular blog Barstoolsports.com defamed him by publishing his name and a photo under the headline "Jersey City Pedophile Lose His $4Million Lotto Ticket, Sues the Whole World".
http://www.courthousenews.com/2011/12/19/42339.htm

Complaint: Mendez v. Barstoolsports.com
http://www.courthousenews.com/2011/12/19/Barstool.pdf

Giordano v. Xcentric Ventures et al

STATUS: Appeals Court rules that website need not take defamatory comments down on December 28, 2011.

Fla.App.: Defamed Business Can't Force Comment Off the Web
News Services of Florida
A website that allows users to post opinions about businesses without regard to whether the opinions are "true" may be appalling in its invitation to slander businesses, but it doesn't have to take the post down, a appeals court ruled.
http://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/showstory.php?Story_id=535291

Opinion: Giordano v. Xcentric et al
http://www.3dca.flcourts.org/Opinions/3D11-0707.pdf