AAN News
Phoenix Media Group Sued By Facebooknew
Facebook claims that Phoenix Media sites' search engines for band and restaurant listings violate its patents.
Boston.com |
11-09-2010 3:32 pm |
Legal News
Bay Guardian's Battle With SF Weekly Shifts To Calif. Supreme Courtnew
As the ongoing legal dispute between SFBG and SF Weekly continues to wind its way through the courts, the San Francisco Chronicle runs a Sunday profile on Bruce Brugmann.
San Francisco Chronicle |
11-04-2010 12:54 pm |
Legal News
Baltimore City Paper Ordered to Pay $350,000 in Defamation Verdictnew
Miami restaurant owner Ioannis Kafouros was misidentified as a federal fugitive in a 2008 article.
The Daily Record (Md.) |
09-28-2010 12:41 pm |
Legal News
VVM Executive Discusses Trademark Protection Suits
In a conversation with AAN, VVM Executive Vice President Scott Spear addressed the use of lawsuits in order to protect the company's registered trademarks.
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AAN |
09-20-2010 4:46 pm |
Legal News
Phoenix New Times Files Another Lawsuitnew
Just four days after filing a federal lawsuit against a former employee, Phoenix New Times has turned its attention to the owner of another "Best Of Phoenix" website.
Heat City |
09-13-2010 3:00 pm |
Legal News
SF Weekly Request for Rehearing Deniednew
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
09-10-2010 4:04 pm |
Legal News
Phoenix New Times Sues Former Employeenew
Phoenix New Times and Village Voice Media have filed suit against Ty Liebig, a former staffer, for trademark infringement.
Heat City |
09-08-2010 12:39 pm |
Legal News
Is Microsoft Guilty of Violating Calif. Predatory Pricing Law?new
Seattle Weekly editor Mark Fefer says the SF Weekly / SFBG case has far-reaching implications.
Seattle Weekly |
09-07-2010 12:34 pm |
Legal News
Riverfront Times Fends Off 'Best of' Competitornew
Lawyers for Village Voice Media, which holds the trademark to the name "Best of St. Louis," has issued a cease-and-desist letter to the proprietors of the website, www.bestofstlouis.com.
Riverfront Times |
08-23-2010 10:59 am |
Legal News
In Wake of SFBG / SF Weekly Ruling, Debate Over California's Predatory Pricing Lawnew
San Francisco Bay Guardian editor Tim Redmond says California's Unfair Practices Act protects small businesses and competition. Reason magazine calls it "nauseating."
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
08-18-2010 10:37 am |
Legal News
Court Upholds Damages in Bay Guardian / SF Weekly Casenew
California's First District Court of Appeal upheld a 2008 verdict which awarded the San Francisco Bay Guardian over $16 million in damages.
San Francisco Chronicle |
08-12-2010 1:55 pm |
Legal News
Rolling Stone Wins Anti-SLAPP Decision in Misappropriation Suitnew
A California appellate court has ruled that a lawsuit by indie rock musicians against Rolling Stone over an article that was surrounded by a fold-out ad for Camel cigarettes should be dismissed under the state anti-SLAPP statute. AAN, along with several other media organizations, filed an amicus brief last summer in support of Rolling Stone in the case.
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press |
02-02-2010 11:28 am |
Legal News
Tags: Management
Appeals Court Upholds Dismissal of Suit Against Cleveland Scenenew
A three-judge panel of the federal 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in December upheld a U.S. District Court's 2008 dismissal of a defamation suit brought against the Scene and one of its reporters by an Ohio doctor. The circuit court found Dr. Edward Patrick failed to demonstrate the threshold requirement of falsity in regards to a 2004 article that the doctor claimed falsely suggested his resume was misleading, his medical credentials were not valid, and that his board certification process was fraudulent.
Toledo Legal News |
01-07-2010 1:17 pm |
Legal News
Court Finds Website Not Liable For Hosting Libelous Commentsnew
Online Media Daily |
12-22-2009 9:20 am |
Legal News
Tags: Electronic Publishing, Management
Court Rules CIA Didn't Violate Valerie Plame Wilson's Free Speech Rightsnew
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a 2007 lower court decision in its ruling in Wilson v. Central Intelligence Agency, which barred the former CIA officer from revealing the length of her tenure with the agency in her 2007 memoir. The three-judge panel said that the CIA made a good argument to keep the information secret and that it would not "second-guess" the agency's decision. AAN was part of a group that filed an amicus brief supporting Wilson in the case.
First Amendment Center |
11-17-2009 10:06 am |
Legal News
Tags: Editorial, Management
