Re: 12/13/00 - [LOIS] Loislaw claims it was defamed on Internet site Lawsuit goes after anonymous critics
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December 17, 2000
Online Law Portal LoisLaw.com Reportedly Files Corporate Cybersmear Lawsuit
On December 17, Jim Lovel of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported that LoisLaw.com, "a marketer of legal databases", is among the latest to commence a corporate cybersmear lawsuit. According to the report:
Loislaw.com of Van Buren, a marketer of legal databases, joined the fray last week when it filed a defamation suit against two people who posted anonymous critical messages on its company message board. Loislaw claims that the messages damaged the company's stock price and revealed confidential information.
The company's general counsel, Sam Sexton III, used the legal procedure favored by most companies who sue to halt anonymous criticism. He filed a John Doe lawsuit along with a request for a subpoena to force Yahoo, which sponsored the message board, to reveal the true identities of the two people. The company knows them only as snow99992000 and Howabout2000.
See:
Jim Lovel, Free Speech or Online Libel? (http://www.ardemgaz.com/search_week/sun/biz/g1bprivacy17.html), Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Dec. 17, 2000).
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Loislaw claims it was defamed on Internet site Lawsuit goes after anonymous critics
Date: 12/13/2000
Category: Business
Page: D1
Byline: JIM LOVEL ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE
Text: VAN BUREN -- In a case with implications for the First Amendment and Internet privacy, a Van Buren-based company has filed suit against two men who anonymously posted criticism of it on a Yahoo message board. Loislaw.com, a seller of lega...
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