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From: LindyBill	7/6/2007 6:41:29 PM
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Sues blogger for "business interference", wins $7500 OVERLAWYERED Lee Kaplan, a journalist who writes on Middle East controversies for (among other outlets) David Horowitz's conservative Front Page, attracted the critical interest of a Berkeley student named Yaman Salahi, who set up a blog entitled Lee Kaplan Watch that assails Kaplan and his work. Kaplan proceeded to sue Salahi on charges of "business interference" in small claims court, a venue lacking in the extensive fact-finding and procedural protections that would attach to a conventional suit for, say, defamation. Last month the court awarded Kaplan $7500. The blogosphere has begun to notice the story with some alarm: Seeing the Forest for the Trees, Dean's World, Ann Althouse, Slashdot. More links: Media Law Resource Center. Kaplan's side of the story is here. overlawyered.com

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