Sunday, September 9, 2012

Facebook “likes” admissible but punitives cut in defamation case

A dog trainer who claimed he was defamed by online accusations of animal abuse was entitled to tell a jury how many people “liked” the offending Facebook page, a federal judge has ruled. Nevertheless, U.S. District Judge James Cacheris said the jury’s “grossly excessive” $60,000 punitive damages verdict in favor of the dog trainer should [...]

Source: http://valawyersweekly.com/vlwblog/2012/09/05/facebook-likes-admissible-but-punitives-cut-in-defamation-case/

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