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Lawsuit Over Anonymous Online Comments Is Settled
By admin | October 23, 2009
Lawsuit Over Anonymous Online Comments Is Settled
Two recent graduates of Yale University’s law school have settled their lawsuit against several people who posted derogatory comments about them anonymously on an online forum for graduate students.
The case, filed in the U.S. District Court in Connecticut, was a rare legal challenge to harassing speech made on gossip Web sites, which have proliferated in recent years and sparked controversy on many campuses.
At issue in the case was a string of comments made about the two law
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