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Dec. 13, 2011

Insurance company sues Google for being Google.

Dec. 8, 2010

Motivational speaker James Smith filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court in Utah against Complaintsboard.com, WordPress, and N.Y.-based news site Artvoice for allegedly posting libelous comments about Smith by users. As we had previously discussed on this board, and…

Nov. 23, 2010

The New York Court of Appeals has recently ruled that a libeler is not responsible for additional damages caused by a later, unforeseen republication of the libelous statements. Geraci v. Probst, — N.Y.S.2d –, 2010 NY Slip Op 07248 (Oct….

Oct. 8, 2010

Image via Wikipedia Having pushed (and burst) the envelope in the area of privacy law, Facebook unveiled its newest “opt-out” feature which, effectively, helps people to more easily libel one another. Facebook’s newest Groups feature allows friends to add one…