Posts Tagged SLAPP

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Jun29

Daily Kos dumps Research 2000 / Research 2000 sues FiveThirtyEight

by tdaxp on June 29, 2010 at 5:48 pm
Posted In: Democrats, Law

The story is developing fast

Research 2000 is a left-leaning polling firm that has been contracted by Daily Kos over the past few years. Typically, the Research 2000 / Daily Kos polls are the only ones that show “good” news for President Obama.

Here is R2K’s attempt to silence FiveThirtyEight:

Nate Silver Letter re: Daily Kos (6-29-2010)

Major Props to the folks at Daily Kos for acting quickly on this.

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Apr24

Anthropogenic Global Warming Cultists Sue Skeptics

by tdaxp on April 24, 2010 at 6:48 pm
Posted In: Science

A really scary story, about how climate change “scientists” are suing skeptics.

It was about two years ago a friend suggested that the scientific process may begin breaking down because scientists will just sue those who disconfirm their results.

Thanks to academic goons like Andrew Weaver, that is now starting to happen.

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Jul28

Horizon Group Management

by tdaxp on July 28, 2009 at 1:33 pm
Posted In: Law

This statement by Horizon Realty raises serious questions regarding ethical use of the law-courts to settle disputes

“We’re a ‘sue first, ask questions later’ sort of organization,” said Jeffrey Michael of Horizon Group Management is statement regarding the matter that appears in the Chicago Sun-Times.

via Horizon Group Sues Woman Over Single Tweet on Twitter – Associated Content.

This reminds me of an earlier controversy regarding Dozier Internet Law — one almost lost to google do to extensive astroturfing.

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Feb15

Libel laws are again used to shut down corporate critics

by tdaxp on February 15, 2009 at 6:15 pm and modified on February 15, 2009. at 6:18 pm
Posted In: Humor, Law

I don’t know what is stranger/funnier, that someone took the time to create a site parodying the corporate communication strategy of Canon, Inc, or that Canon is suing to shut down the blog.

I learned about this example of a strategic lawsuit against pubic participation from Slashdot. The rest Canon guy also blogs. More from Thomas Hawk.

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