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Fraud Claim Against Mass E-Personator Survives Dismissal
An Illinois appellate court will allow a plaintiff to pursue fraud claims against a woman she met in a chat room who impersonated up to 20 fictional characters in conversations with the plaintiff and...
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Cyber-stalking Suit Against Toyota to Proceed
A California appellate court allowed a woman to sue Toyota and its advertising firm for a social media oriented “ad campaign” titled “The Other You” in which Toyota allegedly e-personated a British...
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SEC: “Like” Button Could Violate Securities Rules
The SEC starts off 2012 by cracking down on investment advisers using social media to sell phony securities or commit other frauds. First, the agency instituted proceedings against a Lyons, Illinois...
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IL High Court Shoots Down “Deadwood” Fraud Claim Based on Chat Room Romance
A woman who frequented a chat room devoted to the HBO show Deadwood claimed she found herself caught up in her own fictional western drama when another female fan drew her into a long distance...
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Two Setbacks for Online Review Victims
Faced with a unjustifiably hostile online review, the first impulse of many small businesses is to sue either the author or the website for defamation or some similar tort. Two recent court decisions,...
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