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Dawn Bennett, et al v. Google LLC
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February 23, 2018
Decency Law Shields Google From Defamation Suit: DC Circ.
The D.C. Circuit held Friday that an apparel company owner's $8 million lawsuit against Google over an ex-contractor's allegedly defamatory blog post was correctly dismissed, saying the Communications Decency Act immunized the tech giant from liability since it published the blog but didn't create it.
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January 18, 2018
Google Rules Undercut Decency Law Immunity, D.C. Circ. Told
The owner of a D.C.-based sportswear retailer urged a D.C. Circuit panel Thursday to revive her $5 million suit against Google over allegedly defamatory blog posts hosted by the web giant, saying Google abandoned its immunity under the Communications Decency Act by failing to enforce its own content standards and keeping the blog online.