Tag: Dendrite International Inc. v. John Doe No. 3

Swartz v. Does: American and Canadian approaches to anonymity in internet defamation cases

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 […]