The Internet is, as the cliché goes, "a marketplace of ideas." Whether a person has an opinion on politics, commerce, or even the show they saw on TV last night, there is always a forum to spread their opinion on,…
The opposing party in a divorce case took to Facebook to post comments about opposing counsel—and now he is being sued by the attorney for defamation. The attorney represented the wife in a divorce case, and the husband was apparently…
Lindsay Lohan and E*Trade have reached a settlement in their case involving the "milkaholic" commercial. In the ad, a baby apologizes to a female baby for not calling the night before, saying he was using E*Trade. The female baby then…
Post by Randall Ryder In a recent case, the Third Circuit of Appeals ruled that an Illinois newspaper must reveal the identity of an anonymous commentator. Going forward, will this change the way newspapers and individuals approach online comments? The case…
Victoria Firm Settles Online Defamation Case AdviceScene.com announces today that it has reached a satisfactory settlement in its Internet defamation action against LawBuzz.ca. This case is one of a growing number of defamation cases involving online postings. Forum users are…
AdviceScene recently settled a case against Lawbuzz Canada Inc. over comments published on their legal forum last year. The apology is part of the settlement agreement. We sued Lawbuzz for publishing defamatory statements made by four of it’s anonymous members;…
From guest blogger lawiscool.com Simon Singh, a British journalist and a popularizer of science, is fighting a lawsuit. In his article for the Guardian, Singh wrote that the British Chiropractic Association (BCA) promoted bogus treatments. The BCA sued him for…
Guest Blogger: Antonin Pribetic “Online publications are often about people, and it is perhaps human nature to find greater pleasure in writing and reading scandalous stories reflecting upon the wickedness of one’s fellow men than about the Mother Teresas of…
Kirk Makin Justice Reporter From Friday’s Globe and Mail, Friday, Jun. 26, 2009 07:52AM EDT A Muslim teenager is taking on an elite Toronto private school, accusing it of defaming him in connection with a violent racial incident last year.…