EFF has gotten involved in a case that has been covered previously on this site. Their press release: The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the Media Freedom and Information Access Practicum (MFIA) at Yale Law School filed a friend-of-the-court brief today urging the Illinois Court of Appeals to block the unmasking of an anonymous online…
Tag: Lisa Stone
No Name Yet In HipCheck Case
Craig Adams reports on a case covered here previously: Buffalo Grove Trustee Lisa Stone did not expect to get the name of HipCheck16 on Wednesday, Nov. 18, despite a judge’s ruling the previous week. She was so sure it wouldn’t happen she did not go to court that day. “My lawyer and my husband are…
Online defamation case: the limits of free speech
John Byrne of the Chicago Tribune updates us on the online defamation case covered here a few weeks ago. The case involves a Buffalo Grove, Illinois politician, Lisa Stone, who is seeking the name of someone who allegedly defamed her teenage son in online posts. Cook County Circuit Judge Jeffrey Lawrence ordered the Daily Herald…