June 16, 2014
The Sixth Circuit ruled Monday that a gossip website was immune from libel allegations lodged by a former Cincinnati Bengals cheerleader over sexually explicit comments about her posted by anonymous users, reversing an earlier ruling that the court said would have chilled online speech.
November 21, 2013
A who's who of the nation's Internet content and service providers warned the Sixth Circuit on Tuesday that upholding a former Cincinnati Bengals cheerleader's defamation verdict against a gossip website that posted user comments on her sex life would eviscerate a statutory immunity critical to the online universe.