Blogging lawyers in the state may be relieved to know that they cannot be found liable for defamation if they link to or post online a libelous article written by someone else. That was the finding of the state Appellate Court, which ruled that NBC Universal, thorough its cnbc.com website, was not responsible for the content of an article by Teri Buhl, a self-described “smashmouth investigative journalist.”
Ryan O’Neill, of the Law Offices of Mark Sherman in Stamford, sued both Buhl and NBC on behalf of a New Canaan securities dealer. The court’s decision “is basically saying, ‘I know that something is false but as long as it was created by another person, I can sit there and disseminate it all I want,” said O’Neill.
