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WSJ.com: Law Blog: Suit Against Above the Law Vountarily Dismissed by Plaintiff
ABA Journal Top Stories: Law Prof Dismisses Privacy Suit Against Tabloid Above the Law Blog
The Volokh Conspiracy: Prof. Jones Drops Lawsuit Against Above The Law
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Miami Law prof dismisses (probably frivolous) lawsuit against legal blog. http://bit.ly/HCa3Z 29 days ago |
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RT @bensheffner RT @davidlat glad the lawsuit against him has been dismissed- http://bit.ly/4clF8g -invited Prof. Jones to guest blog on ATL 11/5/2009 |
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The Florida professor I tweeted about yesterday comes to his senses and voluntarily dismisses lawsuit against ATL http://bit.ly/1OJ9Hv 11/4/2009 |
Suit Against Above the Law Vountarily Dismissed by Plaintiff
WSJ.com: Law Blog —
Well, what a strange little turn of events.
Donald Jones, the University of Miami law professor who last week filed suit against Above the Law editor David Lat and others, alleging harm arising out of a series of posts the site did about Jones, has voluntarily dismissed the suit.
Click here for the dismissal notice; here for ATL’s post on the news; here for Tuesday’s LB post on the suit.
You’ll recognize that the dismissal notice is terse; it gives no rationale for the dismissal. Could it have had ...
Law Prof Dismisses Privacy Suit Against Tabloid Above the Law Blog
ABA Journal Top Stories —
... in any prosecution and, according to the law prof, concerned a situation in which his only mistake was to make a wrong turn in his Mercedes Benz into a rough section of Miami. Jones, who is African-American contended that the ATL post did not accord with the facts of his case and encouraged readers in a "racist series of rants." The law prof didn't immediately respond to a request for comment from the newspaper about his reasons for dismissing the case. In a post about the dismissal, Above the Law says it has made no changes to its prior posts and paid no money to Jones. ...
Prof. Jones Drops Lawsuit Against Above The Law
The Volokh Conspiracy —
Above The Law reports:
There was NO SETTLEMENT in this case. Above the Law has made no changes to our prior posts, and we have paid no money to Professor Jones. The case was dismissed by the plaintiff without anything from our side, except a letter from our lawyer.
UPDATE (3:35 PM): We have offered Professor Jones a guest post on Above the Law in which to provide his side of the story, about either the lawsuit or the underlying facts. We have offered to keep the comments on that post closed or open, depending on his preference. (And we would have done ...
