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.
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- 230 Applies Even if Website Retains Content That Author Asked to Remove--Global Royalties v. Ripoff Report. Professor Eric Goldman's Technology & Marketing Law Blog.
Global Royalties Ltd and Brandon Hall |
Xcentric Ventures, LLC, Ed Magedson and Jane Doe Magedson |
2:2007cv00956 |
May 10, 2007 |
US District Court for the District of Arizona |
Phoenix Division Office |
Maricopa |
Frederick J Martone |
Assault Libel & Slander |
28 U.S.C. § 1332 Diversity-Libel,Assault,Slander |
None |
This docket was last retrieved on May 29, 2019. A more recent docket listing may be available from PACER.
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Filing 35 CLERK'S JUDGMENT it is ordered and adjudged that the Court having granted Defendants, Motion to Dismiss, 34 , Judgment is entered in favor of the Defendants. This Complaint and action are hereby dismissed. (LSP) |
Filing 34 ORDER granting 23 Defendants' Motion to Dismiss the Amended Complaint and denying 28 Plaintiff's Motion to Stay. The clerk shall enter final judgment for defendants. Signed by Judge Frederick J Martone on 2/28/08.(LSP) |
Filing 33 SCHEDULING ORDER: Discovery due by 8/8/2008. Dispositive motions due by 9/19/2008. Proposed Pretrial Order due by 1/23/2009. Final Pretrial Conference set for 1/30/2009 at 3:00 PM in Courtroom 506, 401 West Washington Street, Phoenix, AZ 85003 before Judge Frederick J Martone. Bench Trial set for 2/10/2009 at 9:00 AM in Courtroom 506, 401 West Washington Street, Phoenix, AZ 85003 before Judge Frederick J Martone. Signed by Judge Frederick J Martone on 2/22/2008. (KAR) |
Filing 32 Minute Entry for proceedings held before Judge Frederick J Martone: Scheduling Conference held on 2/22/2008. Appearances: Andre Harbon Merrett for Plaintiffs and Maria Crimi Speth for Defendants. Case management plan is as stated on the record. Rule 16 Scheduling Order to follow. (Court Reporter Linda Schroeder.)(This is a TEXT ENTRY ONLY. There is no PDF document associated with this entry.) (KAR) |
Filing 31 REPORT of Joint Case Management Plan by Plaintiff Global Royalties Ltd. (Merrett, Andre) |
Filing 30 REPLY in Support re 28 MOTION to Stay PLAINTIFFS' REPLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO STAY filed by Global Royalties Ltd. (Merrett, Andre) |
Filing 29 RESPONSE to Motion re 28 MOTION to Stay filed by Xcentric Ventures, LLC, Ed Magedson. (Speth, Maria) |
Filing 28 MOTION to Stay by Global Royalties Ltd, Brandon Hall. (Merrett, Andre) |
Filing 27 Notice re of Errata by Xcentric Ventures, LLC, Ed Magedson re 25 Response in Opposition to Motion (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A)(Speth, Maria) |
Filing 26 REPLY in Support re 23 MOTION to Dismiss Case re: First Amended Complaint filed by Xcentric Ventures, LLC, Ed Magedson. (Speth, Maria) |
Filing 25 RESPONSE in Opposition re 23 MOTION to Dismiss Case re: First Amended Complaint filed by Global Royalties Ltd, Brandon Hall. (Merrett, Andre) |
Filing 24 ORDER Scheduling Conference set for 2/22/2008 02:00 PM before Judge Frederick J Martone. Signed by Judge Frederick J Martone on 11/21/07. (LSP) |
Filing 23 MOTION to Dismiss Case re: First Amended Complaint by Xcentric Ventures, LLC, Ed Magedson. (Gingras, David) |
Filing 22 AMENDED COMPLAINT against all defendants, filed by Global Royalties Ltd, Brandon Hall. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1)(Merrett, Andre) |
Filing 21 ORDER denying 19 Motion to Strike, 18 Notice of Filing Supplemental Authority. Signed by Judge Frederick J Martone on 10/10/07.(LSP) |
Filing 20 ORDER granting 13 Xcentric Ventures, LLC and Edward Magedson's Motion to Dismiss Case. Pla shall have to and including 11/1/07, to file an amended complaint, absent which the clerk shall enter judgment without further order of the court. Signed by Judge Frederick J Martone on 10/10/07.(LSP) |
Filing 19 MOTION to Strike re Plaintiff's Notice of Supplemental Authority by Xcentric Ventures, LLC, Ed Magedson. (Speth, Maria) |
Filing 18 Notice re Filing Supplemental Authority by Global Royalties Ltd, Brandon Hall (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit)(Merrett, Andre) |
Filing 17 REPLY in Support re 13 MOTION to Dismiss Case (Amended Per Order Dated August 3, 2007) filed by Xcentric Ventures, LLC, Ed Magedson. (Speth, Maria) |
Filing 16 RESPONSE to Motion re 13 MOTION to Dismiss Case (Amended Per Order Dated August 3, 2007) filed by Global Royalties Ltd, Brandon Hall. (Merrett, Andre) |
Filing 15 ORDER granting 14 STIPULATION to Extend Deadline to 8/15/07 to file a Response to Defendants' Motion to Dismiss. Signed by Judge Frederick J Martone on 8/10/07. (LSP) |
Filing 14 STIPULATION to Extend Deadline for Response to Defendants' Motion to Dismiss by Global Royalties Ltd, Brandon Hall. (Attachments: # 1 Text of Proposed Order)(Merrett, Andre) |
Filing 13 MOTION to Dismiss Case (Amended Per Order Dated August 3, 2007) by Xcentric Ventures, LLC, Ed Magedson. (Gingras, David) |
Filing 12 ORDER striking 10 Motion to Dismiss Case. Defendants shall have to and including August 10, 2007 within which to file a motion to dismiss in compliance with LRCiv 7.2(e). Also before the court is a stipulation 11 to extend plaintiffs response time to the motion to dismiss to August 10, 2007. We assume that an edited version of defendants motion to dismiss will not be substantively different. Accordingly, we GRANT the stipulation to extend plaintiffs response time to August 13, 2007.. Signed by Judge Frederick J Martone on 8/3/07.(DMT, ) |
Filing 11 STIPULATION to Extend Deadline for Response to Defendants' Motion to Dismiss by Global Royalties Ltd, Brandon Hall. (Attachments: # 1 Text of Proposed Order)(Merrett, Andre) |
Filing 10 STRICKEN PER ORDER 12 - MOTION to Dismiss Case by Xcentric Ventures, LLC, Ed Magedson. (Speth, Maria) Modified on 8/3/2007 (DMT, ). |
Filing 9 Notice re Notice of Errata by Global Royalties Ltd, Brandon Hall re 1 Complaint (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit Exhibit A)(Merrett, Andre) |
Filing 8 NOTICE of Attorney Substitution by Donald Joseph Karl, Andre H. Merrett adding Andre H. Merrett and Donald Joseph Karl for Global Royalties Ltd and Brandon Hall (Karl, Donald) |
Filing 7 Summons Issued as to Jane Doe Magedson, Xcentric Ventures, LLC, Ed Magedson. (Attachments: # 1 Jane Doe Magedson Summons# 2 Xcentric Ventures Summons)(LSP) |
Filing 6 Notice re Summons to Jane Doe Magedson by Global Royalties Ltd, Brandon Hall (Karl, Donald) |
Filing 5 Notice re Summons to Xcentric Ventures, LLC by Global Royalties Ltd, Brandon Hall (Karl, Donald) |
Filing 4 Notice re Summons to Ed Magedson by Global Royalties Ltd, Brandon Hall (Karl, Donald) |
Filing 3 NOTICE TO FILER OF DEFICIENCY re 1 Complaint filed by Global Royalties Ltd, Brandon Hall. Description of deficiency: Party not added to case. The summons attached to the complaint is incorrect: there should be one defendant per summons and days to answer should be 20. (LSP) |
Filing 2 NOTICE TO FILER OF DEFICIENCY re 1 Complaint filed by Global Royalties Ltd, Brandon Hall. Description of deficiency: Address, phone or email information was incorrectly added at the Party Information screen. At the Party Information screen, only the Party text field should be used when appropriate. (LSP) |
This case has been assigned to the Honorable Frederick J. Martone. All future pleadings or documents should bear the correct case number: CV 07-956 PHX-FJM. (entered by LSP) |
Filing 1 COMPLAINT. Filing fee received: $ 350.00, receipt number 1222449, filed by GLOBAL ROYALTIES, LTD., BRANDON HALL. (Attachments: # 1 Appendix Corporate Disclosure Statement# 2 Summons # 3 Civil Cover Sheet)(Karl, Donald) |
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