A recent case illustrates that American jurisprudence is increasingly coalescing around a uniform approach to determine whether a plaintiff may compel the disclosure of an anonymous defendant’s identity in internet defamation cases. As discussed below, the Canadian experience has been different. In Swartz v. Does (“Swartz”) (see: judgement) a Tennessee state court held that plaintiffs […]
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Buckle v. Caswell: Defamation on Blogs
A recent Canadian case offers another example of the legal dangers facing bloggers that post potentially defamatory statements. In the case of Buckle v. Caswell (see: judgement), Wayne Buckle – a senior Crown prosecutor – (the “Plaintiff”), sued Gay Caswell – a former member of the Saskatchewan legislature – (the “Defendant”), for defamation in connection […]
Google forced to reveal identity of anonymous blogger
A former Canadian model, Liskula Cohen, (the “Plaintiff”) has received an order from Justice Madden of the New York State Supreme Court to force Google, the Defendant, to reveal the identity of an anonymous blogger that defamed the Plaintiff on a blog (see: text of judgement). The blog, called Skanks in NYC (the “Blog”), contained the […]