Texas Ruling Shows the Benefits We’d Get From a Federal Anti-SLAPP Law–American Heritage Capital v. Gonzalez
…posted critical remarks about AHC at multiple websites (including Zillow, CreditKarma and Ripoff Report). Allegedly, AHC’s president then sent Mrs. Gonzalez an email threatening her if she didn’t remove the…
Attempted Trademark Workaround to 47 USC 230 Immunity Fails Badly—Ascentive v. PissedConsumer [Catch-Up Post]
…v. Ripoff Report. Separately (and not relying on 230), the court tosses the RICO claim because the plaintiffs didn’t show that PissedConsumer engaged in commercial bribery or extortion. On these…
Did a Court Eliminate 512(h) Subpoenas?–Maximized Living v. Google
…by David Gingras [Eric’s introduction: Many of you already know David Gingras due to his positions as General Counsel for Ripoff Report and litigation counsel for thedirty.com. While drafting this…
Ripoff Report May Be “Appalling,” But It Still Gets 47 USC 230 Immunity–Giordano v. Romeo
By Eric Goldman Giordano v. Romeo, 2011 WL 6782933 (Fla. App. Ct. Dec. 28, 2011). [Disclosure note: I joined an amicus brief in support of Ripoff Report’s position, written by…
Yelp Gets Complete Win in Advertiser “Extortion” Case–Levitt v. Yelp
…my article on account termination and 230(c)(2).] On this point, he diverged from Judge Patel’s analysis, but unlike her, he actually cites a Ripoff Report victory in support of his…
Q3 2011 Quick Links, Part 4
…selling movie producers on results it could deliver. Rebecca’s coverage. * BCG Attorney Search v. Kinney, 2011 WL 2936773 (Cal. App. Ct. July 21, 2011). Lawsuit over a Ripoff Report…
Consumer Reviews at “Local” Review Sites Don’t Support Jurisdiction–Wilkerson v. RSL
…Get Disadvantageous Jurisdictional Appellate Rulings in Defamation Cases * Ripoff Report Sues Blogger, Loses on Jurisdictional Grounds–Xcentric Ventures v. Bird * Defamation Lawsuit Against Blogger Dismissed on Jurisdictional Grounds–Fahmy v….
June 2011 Quick Links, Part 2
…*Back in September 2010, Xcentric v. Bird settled in a no money deal. The settlement agreement. Ripoff Report’s appended response to the original blog post. Prior blog post. * Scott…
Another Ripoff Report Win–A-1 Technology v. Magedson
…A-1 Technology, Inc. v. Magedson, 150033/10 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. June 22, 2011) After a while, the Ripoff Report cases all start blurring together. The plaintiffs try the same tired arguments,…
Site Moderators Weren’t Agents of the Site–Cornelius v. BodyBuilding.com
…posts. Also, similar to Ripoff Report, BodyBuilding.com restricted its authors’ ability to delete their old posts. [In our exchange about this post in draft mode, Venkat wondered about the legal…