Employee Fairly Dismissed for Facebook Comments Posted Two Years Earlier September 24, 2015 by LibelReport 1 Comment What happened? In Smith v British Waterways Board the Employment Appeal Tribunal (“EAT”) decided that an employee was fairly dismissed …
Texas Anti-SLAPP Law: The Expanding Scope of the Texas Citizen’s Participation Act – Part 5 (the conclusion) September 24, 2015 by LibelReport Leave a Comment To conclude the series, we look at one more opinion — Serafine v. Blunt, No. 03-12-00726-CV, 2015 WL 2061922 (Tex. …
Washington State Court Refuses to Unmask Anonymous Online Reviewer September 24, 2015 by LibelReport Leave a Comment In a precedent-setting ruling, the Washington Court of Appeals in Thomson v. Doe refused to grant a motion to compel …
Businesses rejoice but poster beware: Yelp ordered to identify anonymous reviewer September 24, 2015 by LibelReport Leave a Comment Many business have suffered the misery and frustration of a harshly negative, anonymous online review. That anonymity, critics argue, frees …
Judge Orders Yelp to Identify Anonymous Negative Commenter September 18, 2015 by LibelReport Leave a Comment On September 15, a judge in Boston ruled that Yelp must reveal the identity of an anonymous commenter who wrote …
Google loses autocomplete defamation suit in Japan according to CNET May 8, 2015 by NewsGirl Image Information: Autocomplete suggestions for ‘Tokyo District Court’ in Japanese on Google.jp. Tim Hornyak/CNET Technology has come a long way. …