Ripoff Report Gets Another Big 47 USC 230 Win–Asia Economic Institute v. Xcentric
…and corrected the description of the Corporate Advocacy Program. Ripoff Report launched an arbitration program which is upfront about disclosing that Ripoff Report will redact names from Ripoff Reports for…
Two Recent Social Media Defendants Avoid Personal Jurisdiction
…Get Disadvantageous Jurisdictional Appellate Rulings in Defamation Cases (June 2010) * Ripoff Report Sues Blogger, Loses on Jurisdictional Grounds–Xcentric Ventures v. Bird (February 2010) * Defamation Lawsuit Against Blogger Dismissed…
Yelp Beats “Implied Extortion”/”Pay-to-Play” Lawsuit in Round #1–Levitt v. Yelp
…also advanced the implied extortion claim as a 230 workaround) or the multitudinous Ripoff Report cases, many of which have addressed the 230/extortion interface. [I have several other 47 USC…
47 USC 230 Retrospective Conference Recap
…down problematic content (he then made a not-so-subtle dig at Ripoff Report). He gave a nod to Judge Wilkinson. The Zeran decision was breathtaking in its scope when it didn’t…
Florida Court Fixes Erroneous 47 USC 230 Ruling–Giordano v. Romeo
…Report but, after being sued, later asked to have it removed–a request denied by the Ripoff Report per its standard policy. The plaintiffs then added the Ripoff Report back into…
Ripoff Report Gets Another 47 USC 230 Dismissal–Herman v. Xcentric
…at that language as a thrilling challenge–NOT YET, they think. However, every Ripoff Report plaintiff should anticipate having this language cited against them. Continuing to borrow liberally from Ripoff Report’s…
Top 5 Cyberlaw Developments of 2010, Plus a 2010 Year-in-Review
…100: “Ripoff Report Defeats Extortion Claim, But Plaintiffs Keep Trying–AEI v. Xcentric.” Lists of Yore Previous top 10 lists from 2009, 2008, 2007 and 2006. Before that, John Ottaviani and…
Ripoff Report Ordered to Stop Publishing User-Submitted Report–Giordano v. Romeo
…would ask Ripoff Report to remove the post. Ripoff Report–following its standard no-removal policy–said no. The plaintiff then went back to court, got permission to add Ripoff Report back into…
Ripoff Report Isn’t Bound By Injunction Against User Post–Blockowicz v. Williams
…Ripoff Report. They obtained a default injunction against the posters requiring removal of the posts. With this default order and the defendants AWOL, the Blockowiczs approached Ripoff Report and other…
Blog Host Can’t Be Bound by TRO for User Posts (Blockowicz redux)–Bobolas v. Does
…intervene in deference to even minimal judicial provocation. In contrast, the Blockowicz conundrum arose only when Ripoff Report declined to honor a default judgment. In any case, seeking a TRO…