A blogger sued for her online criticism of a software company cannot invoke New Jersey's press shield law, a judge has found in a case of first impression in the state. The ruling allows the company to seek the sources for comments the blogger posted on a Web site that proclaims itself the " Wall Street Journal of porn." In a second novel ruling, the judge held the company can pursue damages even without a showing of pecuniary loss, based on postings accusing it of incompetence and criminal conduct.
July 08, 2009 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
A blogger sued for her online criticism of a software company on a porn industry message board cannot invoke New Jersey’s press shield law, a Monmouth County judge says in a case of first impression in the state.
Superior Court Judge Louis Locascio’s June 30 ruling allows the company, Too Much Media, to ask blogger Shellee Hale the sources for comments she posted on Oprano, a Web site that proclaims itself the “Wall Street Journal of porn.”
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