Legal Opinion
In re Cohen
New York Supreme Court
Decided August 17, 2009PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Joan A. Madden, J.
In this special proceeding, petitioner seeks an order pursuant to CPLR 3102 (c) to compel pre-action disclosure directing respondents Google, Inc. and/or its subsidiary Blogger.com (hereinafter Google) to identify the person or persons (hereinafter the blogger or the anonymous blogger) who posted weblogs on Web sites under Google’s operation and control, which contained allegedly defamatory statements about petitioner (hereinafter the blog). Respondent Google essentially has no substantive opposition to the application.1 Google, however, explains that by…
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- Dendrite Intern., Inc. v. Doe No. 3New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 2001
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- Deer Consumer Products, Inc. v. LittleNew York Supreme Court · 2012