Monthly Archive: September 2010

Sep 29

Share With Litigants: Court Orders Social Network Posts Disclosed

Hon. Jeffrey Arlen Spinner

Tweet A personal injury case in Suffolk County recently became New York’s testing ground for the disclosure of information posted on Facebook and MySpace.  In Romano v. Steelcase Inc., the defendant demanded access to the private portions of the plaintiff’s social networking sites, including deleted information.  The defendant contended the information would refute plaintiff’s claims …

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Sep 09

Court Sacks Infringing Ohio State Buckeyes Fansite

Tweet The Ohio State Buckeyes are 1 and 0 on the football field. Now they are 1 and 0 in the courtroom too. A federal district court judge in Ohio has issued a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction against Keith Antonio Thomas and GDS Marketing, LLC, shutting down a Buckeye fansite (www.buckeyeillustrated.com) and two electronic magazines — Buckeye Gameday …

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