| Case | Case Filed | Last Document |
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| Albritton v. Cisco Systems, Inc. et al | March 14, 2008 | November 5, 2009 |
| Plaintiff Eric Albritton alleged that Defendant Richard Frenkel published a false and defamatory statement that Plaintiff had conspired with the Clerk of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas to feloniously alter official documents. |
| Vanginderen v. Cornell University et al | April 28, 2008 | May 21, 2009 |
| Libel case based on microfilm of old newspaper article. |
| Vanginderen v. Cornell University | October 29, 2007 | May 20, 2009 |
| Libel claim - claims university's digitization of campus newspaper constituted "re-publication" thus reviving claim that would ordinarily be extinguished over twenty years ago. Disclosure of private facts claim. |
| Kubit v. Google Groups and All Other Websites, et al | September 29, 2008 | February 20, 2009 |
| Plaintiff alleged that Defendant Nico Samara posted false and malicious statements that Plaintiff had HIV and that Defendant Google Inc. failed to remove such defamatory statements from Google Groups. |
| AXACT (PVT.), LTD. v. STUDENT NETWORK RESOURCES, INC. et al | November 14, 2007 | January 6, 2009 |
| Plaintiff Axact (Pvt.) Ltd. alleged that Defendants Student Network Resources, inc., Student Network Resources, LLC, Ross Cohen and John Derit have falsely and maliciously accused Plaintiff of perpetrating numerous frauds upon consumers, and engaging illegal activities |
| ARPAIO v. DUPRE et al | July 16, 2008 | July 16, 2008 |
| Plaintiff Amber Arpaio alleged that Defendant Ashley Alexandra Dupre had represented to Defendants Joseph Francis, MRA Holding, LLC and Mantra Films, Inc. that Defendant Dupre was Plaintiff and had presented Plaintiff's New Jersey Driver's License to Defendants for identification purposes. |
| Peterson et al v. Grisham et al | September 28, 2007 | November 15, 2007 |
| Plaintiff William N. Peterson and Gary L. Rogers sued defendants John Grisham, Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Random House Inc., Robert Mayer, Broadway Books, Dennis Fritz, Seven Locks Press Inc., James C. Riordan and Barry Scheck concerning three publications Journey Toward Justice by Dennis Fritz, The Innocent Man by John Grisham, and The Dreams of Ada by Robert Mayer. Plaintiffs contend that these three publications contain false statements, half-truths, incomplete information, and omissions of material facts designed to bring about great public hatred, contempt and ridicule of the plaintiffs, as well as cause the plaintiffs to be deprived of public confidence and be injured in their professions and occupations. |
| Xcentric Ventures, LLC et al v. Stanley et al | May 10, 2007 | November 14, 2007 |
| Plaintiff Xcentric Ventures LLC operates a consumer information and advocacy website at www.ripoffreport.com, where consumers and other visitors can post complaints regarding companies. Plaintiff alleges that defendants have threatened services providers who do business with plaintiff in order to coerce plaintiff to remove consumer complaints found on its website. |
| Global Royalties, Ltd. et al v. Xcentric Ventures, LLC et al | May 10, 2007 | November 12, 2007 |
| Plaintiffs Global Royalties, Ltd. and Brandon Hall allege that defendant Xcentric Ventures, LLC operates the ripoffreport.com website in which defendant encourages visitors to post complaints about businesses and individuals, and then leverages the complaints to coerce businesses and individuals to pay for defendant's assistance in investigating and resolving the posted complaints. |
| Lehman v. Fox Cable Networks Inc. et al | June 7, 2007 | November 9, 2007 |
| Plaintiff Martin A. Lehman, an orthopedic surgeon, was acquitted of insurance fraud. He sued Fox Cable Network Inc. for broadcasting a show called "Busted on the Job II" in which Fox portrayed him as a "bogus doctor" and grouped him with publicly known individuals convicted of criminal acts. |
| GW Equity LLC v. Xcentric Ventures LLC et al | June 1, 2007 | November 6, 2007 |
| Plaintiff GW Equity LLC alleges that defendant Xcentric Ventures LLC, which operates the websites www.ripoffreport.com and www.badbusinessbureau.com, publishes false, misleading, disparaging and defamatory statements about plaintiff and its services. Plaintiff further alleges that defendant's websites contain discussions of intellectual property and proprietary information that belongs to plaintiff. |
| Whitney Information, et al v. Xcentric Ventures, et al | January 27, 2004 | November 6, 2007 |
| Plaintiffs Whitney Information Network, Inc. and Russ Whitney alleged that defendants Xcentric Ventures, LLC, badbusinessbureau.org, and Ed Magedson (1) used plaintiffs' trademarks in commerce in a manner likely to cause consumer confusion and (2) published stories that are false about the plaintiffs with the intent to injure plaintiffs, their business reputation, and to illegally divert customers away from plaintiffs. |
| Manchanda Law Offices, PLLC et al v. Xcentric Ventures, LLC et al | July 25, 2007 | October 30, 2007 |
| Plaintiffs Rahul Manchanda and the Manchanda Law Offices, PLLC sued defendant Xcentric Ventures, LLC for allegedly defamatory postings about plaintiff that appeared on defendant's website www.ripoffreport.com. |
| Energy Automation Systems, Inc. v. Xcentric Ventures, LLC et al | November 6, 2006 | October 15, 2007 |
| Plaintiff Energy Automation Systems, Inc. sued defendants Xcentric Ventures, LLC and Edward Magedson. Plaintiff alleged that defendant's websites badbusinessbureau.com and ripofferport.com published false and deceptively misleading statements of fact concerning EASI, its dealerships, and its employees by a few disgruntled former EASI dealers. |
| Cambridge Who's Who Publishing, Inc. v. Xcentric Ventures, LLC et al | December 11, 2006 | September 25, 2007 |
| Plaintiff Cambridge Who's Who Publishing, Inc. alleges that defendant Xcentric Ventures, LLC publishes materially false, deceptive and defamatory reports on its websites, ripoffreport.com and badbusinessbureau.com, and is engaged in a scheme to extort money from legitimate businesses by forcing them to seek relief from the bad publicity they received. |
| DIMEO v. MAX | April 12, 2006 | June 30, 2006 |
| Plaintiff Anthony DiMeo, III alleged that defendant Tucker Max published defamatory statements about himn at www.tuckermax.com. |
| Raggi v. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department et al | July 22, 2008 | |
| Union Isn't Liable for Members' Postings to Union Message Board--Raggi v. Las Vegas Police. By Eric Goldman. Technology & Marketing Law Blog |
| Clemens v. McNamee | February 11, 2008 | |
| Plaintiff William Roger Clemens alleges that Defendant Brian McNamee had published to the Mitchell Commission and the world untrue and defamatory statements about the use of steroids, WInstrol, Anadrol-50, Sustanon 250, Deca-Durabolin and HGH by Roger Clemens. |
| National Numismatic Certification, LLC et al v. Ebay, Inc. et al | January 10, 2008 | |
| Plaintiffs National Numismatic Certification, LLC, ASA Accugrade, Inc., PCI Coin Grading, inc., Sovereign Entities Grading Service, Inc., Treasure Gallery, Inc. and Centsles, Inc. alleges that Defendants eBay Inc., American Numismatic Association and Professional Numismatists Guild defamed them by developing a "certified" coins policy that only permits the listing of coins on eBay as certified if they were graded by approved grading services. Plaintiff alleges that this policy implies that coins graded by non-approved grading services are counterfeit. |
| Fatima Rita Dos Santos Fahmy v. Stephen Grahm Hogge et al | February 20, 2008 | |
