Governor Terry McAuliffe has approved a new law to make it easier to sue online mudslingers.

The governor’s March 16 signature will add extra time for victims of anonymous Internet defamation to learn the identities of their tormentors.

The current one-year limitations period for defamation lawsuits can operate as a bar to litigation.

http://valawyersweekly.com/2015/03/26/law-aims-to-help-victims-of-online-libel/


The new law arose from an ill-fated defamation suit Fairfax attorney Andi Geloo brought against anonymous posters on Fairfax Underground.

Virginia's one-year statute of limitations elapsed before Geloo was able to identify the posters.

Although filing suit ordinarily tolls the statute, filing against "John Doe" defendants does not.

Geloo approached Del. David B. Albo (R-Dist. 42) about the "loophole" in the law that ended her case, and helped to draft the legislation that has now been signed into law.

As internet law commentator Jonathan D. Frieden explains:

The reform should make it easier for victims of Internet defamation to recover for damages resulting from such conduct. Federal law provides a broad immunity for website operators that publish statements crafted by third-parties, so a victim of Internet defamation typically has no recourse except against the individual posters who created the content. Most of those posters post anonymously, so plaintiffs have to engage in some sleuthing to discover their identities within the year provided to bring suit. Virginia's new law gives those plaintiffs some breathing room, as long as they are diligent.

"So what can an awesome personal injury and medical malpractice attorney that really understands tort law do for internet defamation claims? Well, he can point all the claims that are barred by statues of limitations. An individual can't make claims in 2015 for statements that were made in 2012 and 2013 for starters." - eesh

Since the actions in question happened before the law change, would it matter?

Her problem was her fellow attorneys hated her.

Yeah she was acting ridiculously.

Honest Q Wrote:
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> Since the actions in question happened before the
> law change, would it matter?


No. This is why the Moreno lawyer wanted the court date set so far back, so that this would be in effect when they go to trial.

Laws can't be retro. The statute is still a year for what happened before the law was signed.

not hardly dummy Wrote:
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> Laws can't be retro. The statute is still a year
> for what happened before the law was signed.


Well, they were defamed as early as November, so neither of these things matter since it will stick either way since the lawsuit was filed before the statue was over.

meanwhile. mc'au lift is a public figure

cartoons and taunting is not only allowed but is tradition in the USA

and in my opinoin: there's no fucking way he'd win a defamation charge if anyone could look into the democrat money he's spending on behalf of NJ

and proves in in front of a jury of PISSED OFF REAL VIRGINIANS

i think the governor should investigate if NY,NY is aiding and bedding Samsung to smamboozle Apple, stealing their patents and strong ARMing apple into a tight spot

that when they were an all american %100 hardware + %100 software company before NY and NJ got their hands in the finances and deals (ie, in bed with microsoft/china)

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defame that you cock sucker

go back to NJ

m97jh Wrote:
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> i think the governor should investigate if NY,NY
> is aiding and bedding Samsung to smamboozle Apple,
> stealing their patents and strong ARMing apple
> into a tight spot
>
> that when they were an all american %100 hardware
> + %100 software company before NY and NJ got their
> hands in the finances and deals (ie, in bed with
> microsoft/china)
>
> ==========================
> defame that you cock sucker
>
> go back to NJ

Can't defame without a name!

A Virginia defamation lawyer recently noted that "the Internet makes it easy for tortfeasors with a little bit of technical know-how to conceal their identities and cover their tracks using special browsers, virtual private networks, and proxies."

As a result, "a barrage of false and harmful statements" by anonymous posters has brought about an "abundance of claims involving Internet defamation."

Much the same can be said for recent increases in the number of incidents of "real-life" harassment by online predators in the form of SWATTING, stalking, and other malicious activities.

With the enactment of computer harassment and revenge porn laws, and the extension of the limitations period for online defamation claims, the Virginia legislature has recognized for need for the law to keep up with new forms of crime and civil wrongdoing enabled by new technologies. Clearly, this is one of the "felt necessities of the time."

Yet there remains a gap between the evolving protections of the law, and the faster-evolving methods and schemes of online predators.

Who will close that gap?

Who will, like a bridge over troubled waters, lay himself down?

Who is the man who will strike down online predators not with the bloody sword, but with the strong arm of Justice?

Not in Trial by Combat, but by Rule of Law.

Who is that Man?

He is the stone that the builders rejected that has become the cornerstone.

And it is wondrous in our eyes.

Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, and when it falls on anyone, it will crush him.

At least the abusers are being brought to court.
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m97jh Wrote:
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> i think the governor should investigate if NY,NY
> is aiding and bedding Samsung to smamboozle Apple,
> stealing their patents and strong ARMing apple
> into a tight spot
>
> that when they were an all american %100 hardware
> + %100 software company before NY and NJ got their
> hands in the finances and deals (ie, in bed with
> microsoft/china)
>
> ==========================
> defame that you cock sucker
>
> go back to NJ


Aiding and bedding? Fucking moron...

the league of women angry because on some websites they cannot block people they hate , league

another exmaple of push and shove gov by democrats

threatening the public that their blocks are substance for persecution by any government worker who acts politically offended for their selfish cause of: kill whitey, kill republicans

the gov from NJ is using public threats to make the public fear him


"oderint dum metuant", let them hate so long as they fear -Caligula

Caligula (of Rome) political tyranny of killing anyone he felt was not subservian

was somewhat excused by historians because at the time farmers were using LEAD to sweaten wine made for the politically wealthy. those who drank more became sterile and murderous - and nervous - all symptoms of lead poisoning.

what wasn't excused: being a total prick and murdering those who were maybe not out to kill him (some of those who die: were out to kill him)

recent Virginia code, since about 1998, 2007

often reads like a public threat against civilians and an excuse slip for gov workers to get away with about any crime that matters: money crimes, and political imprisonments

which is all that matters to people with such controls

now let's get back to another matter

Mc' AU LIFT's use of media to defame the Governor he ousted illegally but lost in court to: Bob McDonald

Let's just pretend the last couple posts never happened and focus on the fact that someone typed "aiding and bedding".