If a recent article is any indication, we might be subjecting ourselves to legal liability by starting this blog. According to the ABA Journal, comments on blogs and websites have encouraged a number of recent lawsuits. These lawsuits are not just coming from crazy folk; a former dean of Pace Law School sued a newspaper website after commenters suggested he had taken bribes, while a company running an online role-playing game lodged its own suit against an internet blog critical of its business practices. And yes, even law-related websites like ours sometimes get sued.
I hesitate to ask, but . . . does anyone have any comments?
-Michael
Mike, I promise to never use this blog to accuse a model of being a skank if you promise not to as well.
And the Evony case is going to be cool. I’ve been following Australian defamation law ever since Gutnick v. Dow Jones came out. It’s pretty much a given that I’ll be writing a long-winded post on it eventually thanks to all the oh so lovely international jurisdiction questions it brings up.
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