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Strike 3 Holdings Defendants No Longer Anonymous?

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Maintaining your anonymous status when you are a John Doe defendant in a strike 3 holding porn litigation just got a bit trickier, at least in the 3rd Circuit. In this jurisdiction, a defendant may have to prove to the...more

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District of New Jersey Recognizes Good Cause for ISP to Provide Identity of Alleged Infringer Through Expedited Discovery, But...

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In a recent opinion, Strike 3 Holdings, LLC v. John Doe Subscriber (D.N.J. Oct. 6, 2021), the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey considered when a plaintiff may be granted leave to serve pre-Rule...more

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Anonymous Poster of Defamation Unmasked

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Anonymity on the Internet has encouraged some to feel they live in a culture that feels no responsibility for what might be posted and where there may be no consequences for what one posts. That is, however, not the case as...more

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Dynamic IP Address May Now be Protected Personal Data Under EU Law

On October 19, 2016, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued a judgment determining that dynamic Internet protocol (IP) addresses may constitute “personal data” subject to protection under the EU’s Data...more

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Yelp Denied Attempt to Keep Its Online Reviewers’ Identities Anonymous

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In 2012, a local rug cleaning company in Virginia, Hadeed Oriental Rug Cleaning (“Hadeed”), filed a defamation action against the authors of seven critical reviews it received on Yelp, indicating that the reviews falsely...more

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