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For Another Excellent Index of Investment Chatboard Lawsuits see:
CyberSecuritiesLaw™ Case Digest
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2theMart (TMRT)
1/19/01 - WSJ: Investor Suit Against 2TheMart Underscores Power of the Web
Message 15209646
1/19/01 - TheTruthseeker.Net Investigative Journalism Research Reports on 2themart.com are now available for free to the general public.
Message 15211795
2/01 - Company Blames Failure on Internet Messages
Message 15324769
2/12/01 - Motion to Quash subpoena served on Silicon Investor to reveal information on "Bear Down"
Message 15336833
2/27/01 - CNET: ACLU stands behind John Does online
Message 15415591
2/26/01 - ACLU: In Two Significant Cases, ACLU Seeks to Protect Anonymous Online Speakers from Legal Intimidation
Message 15415608
2/26/01 - ACLU-WA: Free Speech Advocates Seek to Protect Anonymous Speech on Internet
Message 15415636
2/26/01 - Memorandum in Support of Motion of J. Doe to Quash Subpoena Issued to Silicon Investor/Infospace, Inc.
Message 15415657
2/27/01 - NewsFactor: ACLU Defends Internet Anonymity
Message 15426794
2/26/01 - Newsbytes: ACLU Defends Internet Anonymity
Message 15426965
4/20/01 - AP: Judge Rules in Chat Room Case
Message 15694888
4/23/01 - Seattle Times: Court ruling big win for Net privacy
Message 15712798
4 Kids Entertainment (KDE)
6/28/00 - CyberSecuritiesLaw Tribune: Corporate Cybersmear Lawsuit Filed by 4 Kids Entertainment, Inc. Last June Comes To Light
Message 14822974
AgriBioTech (ABTX)
INTERNET 'LIES' HIT BIOTECH COMPANY SHARES
Message 13710864
AHT Corporation (AHTC)
AHT Corporation Identifies Individuals Surreptitiously Posting Misleading and Abusive Messages On Yahoo! Message Board
Message 10142359
COURT RULES BUKSTEL BROTHERS ATTEMPTED TO DEPRESS AHT CORPORATION?S STOCK THROUGH YAHOO POSTINGS PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION VACATED
Message 13710859
AHT CORPORATION AND BUKSTEL AND HALFPENNY, INCORPORATED SETTLE LAWSUIT
Message 13710859
AirTran (AAI)
Suit hits Web site postings: AirTran wants source of inside information
Message 14132785
AK Steel Corp. (AKS)
10/17/00 - ZDNet: EFF defends nameless Netizens
Message 14649905
10/13/00 - Jane Doe Memorandum in Support of Motion to Quash Subpoena to America Online (Part 1 of 2)
Message 14649958
10/13/00 - Jane Doe Memorandum in Support of Motion to Quash Subpoena to America Online (Part 2 of 2)
Message 14649979
10/17/00 - Civil Liberties Group Defends Internet Author's Right to Remain Anonymous; Electronic Frontier Foundation Challenges Corporate Lawyer's Effort to Silence Online Critic
Message 14649991
Amazon Natural Treasures (AZNT)
Amazon Natural Treasures, Inc. is preparing to file suit against Janice Shell and numerous others... (Form 8-K)
Message 10335013
AMAZON NATURAL TREASURES, INC., a Nevada Corporation, Plaintiff vs. JANICE SHELL et al
Message 12816057
Firm Says Stock-Chat Sites Conspired to Destroy It
Message 12851586
THE TWO MS. SHELLS
Message 13281007
The Complaint for AZNT vs. Shell etc.
cybersecuritieslaw.com
AZNT lawsuit dismissed against Jeffrey S. Mitchell and D. Tod Pauly
Message 13889389
AZNT Complaint vs. Shell et al (part 1 of 2)
Message 13895602
AZNT Complaint vs. Shell et al (part 2 of 2)
Message 13895611
Defendant Jeffrey S. Mitchell's Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction and Fabrication of Evidence
Message 13895700
Opposition to Defendant Jeffrey Mitchell's Motion to Dismiss for Lack or Personal Jurisdiction
Message 13895732
Reply in Support of Defendant Jeffrey S. Mitchell's Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction and Fabrication of Evidence
Message 13895799
Order for Plaintiff to present sworn affidavit of phone calls made to them by D. Tod Pauly; 5/22/00 - Plaintiff's Compliance with Court Order; 6/2/00 - Pauly's Reply
Message 13896272
Orders for Dismissal of Lawsuit against Mitchell and Pauly
Message 13906896
Defendant Janice Shell's Motion to Dismiss or, Alternatively, for Summary Judgment is granted
Message 14248091
3/1/01 - Reuters: Amazon Natural Treasures Inc: SEC sues diet pill firm for "misleading claims"
Message 15434344
3/1/01 - Las Vegas Sun: Food company accused of cooking its books
Message 15434672
3/2/01 - SEC: SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION v AMAZON NATURAL TREASURES, INC. MICHAEL A. SYLVER AND DOMINGOS LORICCHIO JR., Civ. No. CVS-01-0229 (D. Nev.)
Message 15456766
2/27/01 - SEC v. Amazon Natural Treasures Complaint (CV-S-01-0229-RLH-RJJ) - Part 1 of 2
Message 15488499
2/27/01 - SEC v. Amazon Natural Treasures Complaint (CV-S-01-0229-RLH-RJJ) - Part 2 of 2
Message 15488513
3/14/01 - Amazon's Answer to the SEC Complaint
Message 15519237
5/1/01 - Amazon Natural Treasures.com claims recent pink sheet transactions were "fraudulent"
Message 15741201
Americare Health Scan (AMIT)
Americare Health Scan Files Libel Suit Against TCPI and Individuals Over Anonymous Yahoo! Postings
Message 10217729
AnswerThink Consulting Group / AQUACOOL_2000
Suit called test of online right to free speech
Message 13703485
Yahoo! Lawsuit Strikes an Important Blow For Internet Privacy and Free Speech
Message 13746367
JOHN DOE FIGHTS BACK BY SUING YAHOO! FOR PRIVACY INFRINGEMENT
Message 13746370
Anonymous user sues Yahoo!
Message 13746372
Are Chat Rooms Really Anonymous? User sues Yahoo, claiming privacy violation, raising questions of protecting identity.
Message 13746377
Yahoo Sued For Providing User's Name
Message 13746378
Complaint -- JOHN DOE, also known as AQUACOOL_2000 vs. Yahoo! Inc.
Message 13746380
Associates: Cybersmear Pioneer
Message 14077002
The fight to speak their mind, anonymously
Message 14155459
Man Drop Suit Against Yahoo for Revealing Name
Message 14195092
Ants Software (ANTS)
Regulators Probe Surge in Ants' Stock; Internet bulletin board boosted software firm
Message 13710894
Apple Computer (AAPL)
Apple Sues Over Trade Secrets
Message 14156884
Apple says trade secrets posted online / Apple Files Suit to Stop Web Posting of Trade Secrets
Message 14226987
Aqua Vie Beverage Corporation (AVBC)
2/17/01 - Aqua Vie Beverage Corporation Files Legal Action
Message 15374230
Ashton Technology Group (ASTN)
See also: Sovereign Partners and Thompson Kernaghan
4/20/01 - ASTN CEO announces lawsuit against Mary Cummins and five John Does
Message 15695909
4/23/01 - Ritterreiser et al vs. Cummins et al Case Description
Message 15720811
ASTN Due Diligence:
Message 15741775
Message 15741779
5/9/01 - Southridge Capital Management, Cootes Drive, LLC, and York, LLC Sue D.G. Jewelry for Tortious Interference With Contract and Defamation
Message 15778373
5/9/01 - Correction
Message 15783472
Ashworth (ASHW)
4/11/01 - Seattle Times: Settlement in chat-room suit includes an apology
Message 15688500
Bid.Com
America Online Says Internet Posting on Bid.Com Venture Is Hoax
Message 10451552
SEC settles AOL-Bid.com hoax
Message 12163949
BioFiltration Systems Inc. (BIFS/BIFT)
BioFiltration Systems Inc. Issues Statement Regarding Recent Attacks to Discredit the Company and its Products and Solicits Federal Law Enforcement and SEC Intervention
Message 14276151
Suspicious: Biofiltration Systems
Message 14278758
10/24/00 - Defamation, libel, death threats, NYPD, SEC, FBI and BIFS (Part 1 of 2)
Message 14654281
10/24/00 - Defamation, libel, death threats, NYPD, SEC, FBI and BIFS (Part 2 of 2)
Message 14654285
4/1/01 - Reality finally sets in and longs try to make sense of it
Message 15606664
Biomatrix (BXM)
Judge Rules Online Postings About Biomatrix Were Libel
Message 14157517
Superior Court of NJ Awards Biomatrix Summary Judgment Against Libelous Posters on Internet Message Boards
Message 14228809
Mass. moves to stop trio from posting Internet stock comments
Message 14250711
BXM Class Action Suits
Message 14251435
Complaint charges three men targeted companies through Internet
Message 14252291
Massachusetts Securities Division Complaint in the matter of Costanzo, Costanzo, and Ephraim (Part 1 of 2)
Message 14255530
Massachusetts Securities Division Complaint in the matter of Costanzo, Costanzo, and Ephraim (Part 2 of 2)
Message 14255543
BioPulse International, Inc. (BIOP)
BioPulse Comments on Volatility of Stock
Message 15345781
BioShield (BSTI)
BioShield Institutes Legal Action to Stop Defamatory and Fraudulent Statements on Internet Message Board
Message 11143257
Board Patrol (BoardPatrol.com)
2/27/01 - Board Patrol, The Financial Message Board Police
Message 15417995
Brightpoint, Inc (CELL)
3/2/01 - Unusual Cybersmear Case Pits Anonymous Corporate Plaintiff Versus Anonymous John Doe Defendants
Message 15494323
3/16/01 - Virginia Court's Decision in Online 'John Doe' Case Hailed by Free-Speech Advocates
Message 15538019
Broadband Wireless (BBAN)
Securities and Exchange Commission v. Broadband Wireless International Corporation
Message 14258982
Business Wire vs. Mitchell, Shell, Ulrich (Webnode)
Summary of articles
Message 9719946
Business Wire Drops Charges re Webnode Lawsuit
Message 12182729
Callaway Golf (DEL)
Callaway finds chatty Web critic is rival golf executive
Message 13710912
Caremark Rx (CMX)
'Reverse Pump and Dump' Suit Filed Against Individuals, Hedge Fund
Message 14155368
Carnegie International (CGYC)
Carnegie International Sues Web Users Over Chat Room Messages
Message 10118654
Second round of suits
Message 13478990
Carnegie International Corporation Files Suit Against 'Internet Interlopers'
Message 14166638
Lives caught in orbit of devotion, deception
Message 14166665
Families, old loyalties abandoned
Message 14167309
11/30/00 - Court Date Set for Carnegie International's $2.1 Billion Suit vs. Grant Thornton
Message 14967204
3/2/01 - WashingtonCityPaper: You Don't Know Jack
Message 15806359
CBQ, Inc. (CBQI)
2/12/01 - CBQ, Inc. Takes Steps To Investigate Cybersmear Campaign Against The Company
Message 15349139
Centre Capital Corporation (CCCX)
Centre Capital Corporation Response to Rumors
Message 14104372
clipclop.com (U:CLOPF)
clipclop tackles Raging Bull, Stockhouse, five posters
Message 12196290
clipcloppers face precedent-setting judge's ban
Message 12195892
Cohr (CHRI)
Sticks and Stones on the Net
Message 13710983
Computer Associates (CA)
5/14/01 - Business Week: Accounting fraud heating up
Message 15759592
ComputerExpress.com (USAV/CPXP)
Computerxpress.com Files Suit Against Raging Bull and Others
Message 13710819
ComputerXpress.com Wins First Round in Libel Suit
Message 14233495
Computerized Thermal Imaging (COII)
Letter to Shareholders and Request for Retraction from Pluvia Securities Research
Message 14198041
3/30/01 - Judge Dismisses Libel Suit Against Bloomberg L.P.
Message 15590262
Cramer, James J.
"If you dont want to apologize, you can be so kind to give me an address so I can serve you as this is libel..."
Message 6581365
Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB)
Credit Suisse sues over Yahoo! message board
Message 14037157
Credit Suisse First Boston Files Libel Suit Against 11 People
Message 14037301
First Boston Sues Web Hecklers To Defend an Analyst's Honor
Message 14051213
A $1m Message Board Precedent?
Message 14133834
12/28/00 - CSFB Drops John Doe Libel Suit
Message 15144713
1/7/01 - Sunday Independent: Bank withdraws $1m Elan libel suit
Message 15144774
1/2/01 - Dow Jones: CSFB Settles 'Cybersmear' Suit Against Online Posters
Message 15160404
Creditrust (CRDT)
Firm Alleges Its Insurer Engaged in 'Cybersmear'
Message 13518025
Cummins Engine Co. (CUM)
Benefit critics targeted by subpoena
Message 14155450
D.G. Jewelry (DGJL)
5/9/01 - Southridge Capital Management, Cootes Drive, LLC, and York, LLC Sue D.G. Jewelry for Tortious Interference With Contract and Defamation
Message 15778373
5/9/01 - Correction
Message 15783472
Delsecur (DLSC)
TD Evergreen investigated for chat room stock talk; Canada Probes BBS-Using Broker
Message 14185235
10/4/00 - Bloomberg: Securities agency looks at Web abuses
Message 14594719
Dendrite International (DRTE)
Memorandum of Public Citizen as Amicus Curiae in Opposition to the Requested Discovery
Message 14155137 and
Message 14155141
Public Citizen, ACLU File Briefs To Restrict Cybersmear Suits
Message 14155203
Company suing to get names of online critics; Notice of Order to Show Cause
Message 14155466
Dendrite International to Use Web as Post for Legal Notice
Message 14198029
11/29/00 - NJ Star Ledger: Judge affirms privacy on Net
Message 14909983
12/19/00 - Law.com: Unmasking Internet Bad-Mouths; Plaintiff's right or First Amendment wrong?
Message 15213435
E-Pawn (EPWN)
PC World (May 2001 issue): Unfunny Money: Investment and Finance Swindles
Message 15629679
E*Trade (ET)
2/28/01 - WSJ: E*Trade Sues Posters Of Bogus Messages
Message 15422671
2/28/01 - E*Trade Reaches Agreement with Imposter
Message 15429495
eConnect Inc (ECNC)
11/15/00 - WSJ: EConnect's Trading Comeback Is Another Twist in Firm's Tale
Message 14877175
5/2/01 - Protective Action League to Combat Stock Bashing
Message 15744175
Emulex (EMLX)
(Warning This is a Fake PR!) Emulex Announces Revised Earnings
Message 14275482
Emulex plunges amid hoax news item
Message 14275582
Reuters: Internet Wire duped by authors of fake release - CEO; Emulex hoax spotlights a matter of trust; Emulex says it was a victim of hoax press release
Message 14278878
TheStreet.com: Shock Wave: The Anatomy of the Emulex Fiasco; Once Bitten: Lessons From the Emulex Hoax
Message 14278896
Reuters: Investors warned to do homework after Emulex hoax; Emulex hoax raises questions of Nasdaq rules; CBOE investigating Emulex options trade
Message 14278909
On Hair-Trigger Wall Street, a Stock Plunges on Fake News; Internet Wire to Turn Over Records in Fake Emulex Release Probe
Message 14281191
Online Hoax Sends Firm's Stock Diving
Message 14281249
Rise of Web Hoaxes Creates Need for Online Reputation Management
Message 14283927
Emulex Rebuts Fictitious Press Release; Business At Record Levels; Rumors of CEO Resignation and Fourth Quarter Restatement False
Message 14284008
QLogic Corporation Believes Stock Volatility is Related to a Fictitious Emulex Press Release
Message 14284018
10/2/00 - Cybersecuritieslaw.com: Court Freezes Assets of Suspect Accused in Emulex Corp. Web Hoax; Man Pleads Not Guilty
Message 14594781
Fidelity Holdings (FDHG)
Fidelity Holdings Says Securities Class Action Lawsuit Without Merit
Message 14273625
Fiero Brothers
1/8/01 - NASD Regulation Bars John Fiero, Expels Fiero Brothers, Inc., and Imposes $1 Million Fine for Illegal Short Sales, Market Manipulation and Extortion
FinancialWeb.com (FWEB)
1/9/01 - Business 2.0: The Shareholder from Hell
Message 15122500
Fischer Imaging Corp (FIMG)
12/23/00 - Denver P0st: Net chat prompts lawsuits
Message 15086103
Fonix Corp (FONX)
Online Remarks Are Out of Line, Fonix Claims in Suit Against 10 on Internet
Message 13710922
Fruit of the Loom, Ltd. (FTL)
Fruit Of The Loom Seeking To Unmask Online Critics
Message 12163897
Global Telemedia International (GTMI/GLTI)
2/26/01 - Court Protects Anonymous Statements on Internet Message Board; Judge Heralds Message Boards as Vibrant Places for the Exchange of Opinions
Message 15415860
2/28/01 - Industry Standard: Online Speech Precedents Still Trickling In
Message 15426849
2/28/01 - The Recorder/Law.com: Free Speech Win for Chat Room Rants; Court says message board users can trash companies
Message 15426941
2/28/01 - The Recorder/Law.com: Free Speech Win for Chat Room Rants; Court says message board users can trash companies
Message 15426941
3/1/01 - WSJ: U.S. Judge Dismisses Case Alleging Online Defamation
Message 15429585
2/23/01 - Civil Minutes issued by Judge David O. Carter granting Defendants' Motion to Strike
Message 15431165
3/1/01 - ZDII: Court ruling a boon for stock message boards
Message 15469458
2/23/01 - O R D E R GRANTING DEFENDANTS' SPECIAL MOTION TO STRIKE
Message 15826369
5/18/01 - Court Orders Company and Its Officers to Pay Internet Posters More Than $55,000 in Attorneys' Fees
Message 15826389
Go Online Networks Corp. (GONT)
2/15/01 - Go Online Networks pursues legal action after Internet hoax
Message 15358877
2/14/01 - Parody Raging Bull post by Microcap_Matty and response from Patrick M. Rost, Director of Investor Relations for GONT
Message 15359486
7/14/00 - Fortune: What's the Big Deal?
Message 15361889
Golden Eagle International (MYNG)
2/21/01 - I have been SLAPPed in Utah by Terry Turner, the president of Golden Eagle International Inc...
Message 15387113
9/1/00 - Docket for Turner v. McKenzie
Message 15456464
Great Canadian Gaming (CSC/CGE)
2/26/01 - Stockwatch: WAAAAHH!
Message 15415905
Gyrodyne Co. of America
CEO Says Officials Planted Web Posts That Got Him Fired
Message 12702784
H-Quotient, Inc. (HQNT)
H-Quotient, Inc., Files Suit Against Alleged Stock Manipulators
Message 14166204
Harbor Florida Bancshares
Bank Sues Over Internet Rumors
Message 10702858
HealthSouth Corp
HealthSouth's CEO Exposes, Sues Anonymous Online Critics
Message 10419856
Hemispherx (HEB)
Hemispherx: Price Waterhouse Submits Findings on Short Seller Damages
Message 13852443
Asensio Wins Against Hemispherx
Message 13848913
Hemispherx: Federal Court Rules on Short Sellers' Jurisdiction Motion
Message 13852541
Hitsgalore (HITT)
Hitsgalore.com Takes a Stand Against "Cybersmear" Defamation Campaign
Message 9802308
Hitsgalore.com Files $20 Million Lawsuit Against Internet Posters
Message 10118681
"The Company is taking action to defend its name and plans to fully prosecute all malicious bashers of our company..."
Message 10779217
Plaintiff's Notice of Voluntary Dismissal of Action
Message 13373269
Hitsgalore.com Files Libel Lawsuit Against Bloomberg, L.P., and David Evans
Message 13521056
Atty Daniel J. Becka spams RB looking for info against Bloomberg reporter David Evans
Message 14103790
Becka apologizes for information posted in error
Message 14104980
10/20/00 - Judge Dismisses Libel Suit Against Bloomberg L.P.
Message 14635768
10/22/00 - Hitsgalore.com Plans to Appeal Dismissal Of Libel Lawsuit Against Bloomberg, L.P. and David Evans
Message 14636950
4/17/01 - Bloomberg seeks attorney's fees and costs of $327,622
Message 15684150
Hollis-Eden Pharmaceuticals (HEPH)
2/3/01 - San Diego Union Tribune: S.D. biotech sues over messages on Internet
Message 15293206
3/2/01 - Memorandum of Points and Authorities in Support of Special Motion to Strike
Message 15429527
3/9/01 - Defendants gpalcus and dickie13_62301's special motion to strike is GRANTED
Message 15508755
Hvide Marine (HVDM)
Online Critics Get Tougher In Fight to Stay Anonymous
Message 13821568
Overview of the Anonymous Speech Case
Message 13822284
ACLU amicus brief in Hvide v. Does 1-8
Message 13822291
Legal Issues in the Anonymous Speech Case
Message 13822306
Frequently Asked Questions in the Anonymous Speech Case
Message 13822308
Judge orders AOL, Yahoo! to identify online writer
Message 13822318
The fight to speak their mind, anonymously
Message 14155459
Within hours of a Miami court's order that Yahoo and America Online must reveal the identities of Web critics who allegedly defamed the former head of Hvide Marine, Yahoo sh
Message 14597984
6/1/00 - Hvide's online Web critic breaks his silence
Message 15324737 |
