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Testing the limits of forum bashing: two law students sue over personal
attacks
By Jacqui Cheng | Published: June 18, 2007 - 11:31PM CT
Two law school students filed a lawsuit against the administrator of a web
site and 28 of the site's users last week for psychological and economic
injury. The two plaintiffs, anonymously listed as Doe I and Doe II, are
female students at Yale Law School and claim that the users of a third-party
law school message board have consistently and regularly made such
disparaging remarks about their characters that it has cost them not only
their emotional wellbeing, but internships and jobs. And despite repeated
requests to remove the offensive posts, the site's administrators
continually refused to do so.
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