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On The Dangerously Viral Nature Of Lurid Lawsuits

Thanks to e-filing and the internet, salacious allegations spread quickly -- whether they're true or not.

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It’s not clear that lighting a match and dropping it in the public sphere is going to be a reliable way to bring closure.

— Professor Jonathan Zittrain of Harvard Law School, commenting to the New York Times about the online virality of salacious lawsuits. (The Times piece by Jodi Kantor gives a shout-out to Marchuk v. Faruqi & Faruqi, where the plaintiff’s “sizzling” allegations ultimately didn’t gain traction with the jury).

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