Posts Tagged ‘Lawsuits’

NC Tells Nifong “You’re On Your Own…”

Wow, this must feel at least a LITTLE like being wrongly prosecuted for a crime you didn’t commit…
The North Carolina Attorney Generals office has refused former prosecutor Mike Nifongs request that the state represent him or pay his legal bills from a civil lawsuit against him filed by three Duke lacrosse players exonerated of rape

Court Reaffirms Legal Consequence Free Blogosphere

Law.com - Judge: Bloggers Entitled to Immunity Under Communications Act
Bloggers cannot be hit with libel suits on the basis of anonymous postings on their Web sites because federal law grants them immunity by explicitly stating that they cannot be treated as the “publisher” of such comments, a federal judge has ruled.
In his 22-page opinion in [...]

This is so good, it’s simply a MUST READ.

Daily Kos: Of Lawyers, Guns and Money: GOP DOJ Guts Justice for All
Even in the upside down, black is white world of Bush-America, a “correction” is inevitable; AND Warren Zevon was an underappreciated genius.

Libel Suit Follows Bad Restaurant Review

A three-sentence restaurant review has led to a high-steaks lawsuit from Chops Restaurant (401 City Ave.) against Inqwaster food critic Craig LaBan and Philadelphia Media Holdings, which owns the Inqwaster and Daily News.
In his “Or Try These” sidebar to his Feb. 4 review of Fleming’s in Radnor, LaBan called Chops, a popular Bala Cynwyd steakhouse, [...]