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Dangers of online reviews, anonymity, and the line between defamation and “pure opinion”

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The Internet and smartphone apps often seem like a wide-open forum for consumers to provide opinions on businesses, restaurants, and services. Through Facebook, Google, Yelp, and other review services, consumers speak their minds about all…

November 15, 2015

Happy Halloween from our law office!

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When we learned Lawyer.com was sponsoring a Halloween-Spirit Contest, the entire office dressed up and had a terrific time posing for photos on Friday. We even used a fog machine for some added effects. setting…

October 31, 2015

11th Circuit reexamines willfulness in copyright infringement in Olem Shoe Corp. v. Washington Shoe’s Copyright

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Earlier this year, the 11th Circuit recently affirmed that Olem Shoe Corporation had infringed copyrights belonging to Washington Shoe by making nearly identical rain boot designs. Although it found that the infringement was not done “willfully,” what…

October 24, 2015

6 new lawsuits were filed today in Tampa

6 New Malibu Media lawsuits filed in the Middle District of Florida today

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After more than an entire year of filing no new lawsuits within Florida, Malibu Media, LLC, the most prolific filer of copyright infringement lawsuits, filed a handful of new lawsuits in the Middle District of Florida today, all…

October 1, 2015

Revenge porn can occur when heartbreak, technology, bad judgment, and alcohol collide

New Revenge Porn Law to take effect October 1, 2015

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Ever had a relationship end badly? It happens to a lot of people. Emotions like heartbreak, anger, and resentment are an inevitable consequence of most failed relationships – at least on one of the two…

September 7, 2015

Former Dolphins’ Coach Sues for Defamation over ‘Wells Report’

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Miami Dolphins offensive line coach Jim Turner sued law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, and its partner Ted Wells earlier this month in the Southern District of Florida after the firm published a report on…

August 23, 2015

Credit Repair Organizations are regulated by federal law

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Have you ever received an offer from someone who says they can repair your credit? Whether it is an individual or a company, that person is governed under federal law once they attempt to engage…

August 19, 2015

GoDaddy Cyberpiracy Case over Oscars and other Academy domains Finally Coming to an End

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A five-year-long cyberpiracy case filed by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences against GoDaddy is coming close to an end. The GoDaddy cyberpiracy case went to trial last week in a federal courtroom in California. In…

August 16, 2015

New Florida Anti-SLAPP law has a broad scope pertaining to lawsuits filed by any person

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You may not have known that Florida has had an anti-SLAPP law on the books for the last decade. Probably because it was so narrow that it only applied to lawsuits filed by the government. However,…

August 15, 2015

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Dangers of online reviews, anonymity, and the line between defamation and “pure opinion”

Happy Halloween from our law office!

11th Circuit reexamines willfulness in copyright infringement in Olem Shoe Corp. v. Washington Shoe’s Copyright

6 New Malibu Media lawsuits filed in the Middle District of Florida today

New Revenge Porn Law to take effect October 1, 2015

Former Dolphins’ Coach Sues for Defamation over ‘Wells Report’

Credit Repair Organizations are regulated by federal law

GoDaddy Cyberpiracy Case over Oscars and other Academy domains Finally Coming to an End

New Florida Anti-SLAPP law has a broad scope pertaining to lawsuits filed by any person

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