In Wesbrook v. Ulrich 2016 WL 6123534, the Seventh Circuit examined the reach of the truth defense to a tortious interference with contract action stemming from a bitter dispute between a prominent Wisconsin medical clinic and one of its high-level employees. The plaintiff sued a former co-worker and ex-supervisor for tortious interference with contract claiming …
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Suit to Unmask Nasty Yelp! Reviewer Nixed by IL Court On First Amendment Grounds
With social media use apparently proliferating at breakneck speed, Brompton Building v. Yelp! Inc. (2013 IL App (1st) 120547-U)) is naturally post-worthy for its examination of whether hostile on-line reviews are actionable by the business recipients of the negative reviews. A former tenant, “Diana Z.”, spewed some invective about an apartment management company where she …
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Attorney’s Intrusion on Seclusion and Cyberstalking Claims Against ‘Above the Law’ Blog Dismissed – IL ND
In Huon v. Breaking Media, LLC, 2014 WL 6845866 (N.D.Ill. 2014), an Illinois attorney sued law blog Above the Law (ATL) and womens’-interest blog Jezebel.com, for reporting on the plaintiff’s arrest and subsequent trial on sexual assault and witness intimidation charges. The plaintiff was criminally charged after he met a woman responding to a Craigslist ad where the plaintiff claimed he …