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October 18th, 2005 at 12:29 am

Unmasking anonybloggers, cont’d

As one who’s filed such suits himself, Ron Coleman at Likelihood of Confusion (Oct. 10) has further observations on the Delaware high court’s recent ruling (see Oct. 7) curbing lawyers’ power to use defamation suits to unmask anonymous bloggers who criticize their clients (via Blawg Review #28).

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