| Case | Case Filed | Last Document |
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| Vanginderen v. Cornell University et al | April 28, 2008 | May 13, 2008 |
| Vanginderen v. Cornell University | October 29, 2007 | April 28, 2008 |
| 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. |
| Chang et al v. Virgin Mobile USA LLC et al | October 19, 2007 | April 10, 2008 |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Blue v. Amazon.com, Inc. et al | September 5, 2007 | October 25, 2007 |
| Plaintiff Nesya Shapiro Blue alleges that defendants Amazon.com, Inc. and IMDB Services Inc. credited her on the IMDB website as a director of two adult hard core films. Plaintiff further alleges that she lost many employment and business opportunities because prospective employers believe she has ties to the pornography industry. |
| Joseph v. Corporation of the President Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints et al | August 17, 2006 | October 15, 2007 |
| Plaintiff sued defendants Corporation of the President Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and Corporation of the Presiding Bishop of the Church of Latter-Day Saints for sexual abuse and rape allegedly committed by a Richard Joseph While, an Elder of the church |
| Andersen v. Young et al | July 23, 2007 | October 11, 2007 |
| COBB v. FOX NEWS NETWORK, LLC | September 6, 2007 | October 8, 2007 |
| Plaintiff alleged that defendant Fox News Network, LLC published the story "40-Year-Old Teacher Marries 16-Year-Old Student" on the front page of Foxnews.com and superimposed a photo of plaintiff next to a photo of the 16-year-old student. However, another teacher—not plaintiff—married the 16-year-old. |
| GW Equity LLC v. Vercor LLC, et al | June 22, 2007 | October 8, 2007 |
| Plaintiff GW Equity LLC alleged that defendants Vercor LLC, The Business Owner LLC and David L. Perkins, Jr. republished a false report that had previously appeared on ripoffreport.com. |
| Powervibe LLC v. Barbara | September 10, 2007 | October 3, 2007 |
| v. Seed Media Group, LLC et al | August 16, 2007 | August 28, 2007 |
| Hyde v. Ramsay et al | June 19, 2007 | August 8, 2007 |
| Plaintiff was responsible for booking cabaret-theatre shows at Dillons, an Indian-American restaurant in New York. He alleges that he was constructively fired from his position because celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay falsely blamed him for problems at the restaurant and created intolerable conditions for him to continue his employment. These event occurred during the filming of Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmare, a new reality TV show that purports to show Ramsay making over a failing restaurant. |
| Nemelka v. Corporation of the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. et al | July 17, 2007 | July 18, 2007 |
| Phillips v. Google Inc | July 11, 2007 | July 18, 2007 |
| Plaintiff Gene E. Phillips sued Google for libel over links provided by the search engine to third-party websites, including the Dallas Business Journal and www.americanmafia.com, which had allegedly published false, misleading, disparaging and damaging statements about Philips and his former company Basic Capital Management, Inc. |
| Jackson v. Atlanta Falcons Football Club | April 27, 2007 | June 20, 2007 |
| STEINBUCH v. CUTLER | May 16, 2005 | May 31, 2007 |
| Rinde v. Corporation of the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints | April 19, 2006 | August 9, 2006 |
| Plaintiff alleged that defendant The Corporation of the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints knew or should have known that Paul H. Lewis was a sadistic serial pedophile that was actively abusing children, and had a duty to use reasonable care in the hiring, supervision or retention of Lewis, who served as a Mormon Church Scoutmaster and Melchesidek priest. |
| Gilroy v. Letterman et al | April 14, 2004 | October 28, 2004 |
| Plaintiff alleged that defendants David Letterman, Craig Kilborn, and CBS Broadcasting, Inc. put her home under surveillance and made remarks about her during televised programs and other performances. |
| GIBSON v. BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA et al | February 9, 2004 | August 10, 2004 |
| Plaintiffs Joseph Lee Gibson and P. David Richardson alleged that defendants Boy Scouts of America and National Capital Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America arbitrarily and unreasonably revoked plaintiff Gibson's membership in the scouting movement |
| Nemet Chevrolet LTD. et al v. Consumeraffairs.Com, Inc. | March 17, 2008 | |
| 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. |
| Diaz et al v. NBC Universal, Inc. | January 16, 2008 | |
| Ackerman et al v. Indiana Pacers et al | November 14, 2006 | |
| Paulson et al v. Indiana Pacers et al | November 14, 2006 | |
| Chisholm, et al v. Blogspot, et al | October 29, 2004 | |
