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If you were hoping for the AutoAdmit lawsuit to result in courtroom drama, with Cheese Eating Surrender Monkey breaking down in tears on the stand, then we’re sorry to disappoint you. The case has ended, somewhat anticlimactically. Last week, the plaintiffs voluntarily dismissed their case against the remaining defendants. From the Hartford Courant: Two former […]

But with a hot blonde model as the plaintiff. From our sister site, Fashionista: Liskula Cohen’s modeled for Versace and Armani and landed international Vogue covers, but recently she’s made less fashionable headlines. Last year, a doorman smashed her over the head with a vodka bottle, and this year she’s sued Google to reveal the […]

LEWW loves summertime. We’re shining the spotlight on four law school graduates this week (well, three and an almost-graduate), and all four are from Yale or Harvard. All that prestige is perfect for a steamy Friday afternoon in August (and if it’s too elitist for you, here’s a cool lesbian-lawyer wedding). Even better: One of […]

Back in 2007, two female Yale Law School students filed a lawsuit over allegedly defamatory and threatening comments written about them on AutoAdmit.com. The stuff written went way beyond lobsters and buttcheeks, and the women said the resulting Google hits on their names did serious damage to their job prospects. The case was near and […]

See the links below for more details. Also note this, from Marc Randazza of the Legal Satyricon: For anyone who is curious, I have personally spoken to the University of Texas adjunct who happens to bear the [same name as the formerly anonymous defendant known as :D]. He IS NOT the person in question. I […]

To everyone who is done with the bar exam: CONGRATULATIONS!!!Go get yourself a well-deserved drink — or two, or three. That’s what we’re going to do, and we didn’t even take the bar. We’re heading off now for drinks with some friends who just took — and, hopefully, passed — the bar. Here’s an open […]

Based on all the non-sequiturs appended to Non-Sequiturs, some of you clearly want to talk about the latest filings in the AutoAdmit case. So here’s an open thread for you to go wild (but not too wild). Most people who follow the case are already up on the recent developments. But if you need background, […]

Speaking of Penn Law School… Penn grad Anthony Ciolli, the former AutoAdmit.com executive, has gone from being a defendant to a plaintiff. He’s filed a civil action in Pennsylvania state court against the two Yale Law School “Jane Does” from the AutoAdmit case, their lawyers, and various other parties. We just got our hands on […]

There’s a new development in the well-publicized AutoAdmit lawsuit. The defendant known as “AK47” has filed a pseudonymous, pro se motion to quash the plaintiffs’ subpeona. The memorandum in support of the motion appears here (PDF) Over at the WSJ Law Blog, reporter Amir Efrati — who first broke the news of this case’s filing, […]

There’s news to report in the lawsuit filed by two female Yale Law School students over various allegedly defamatory and threatening comments posted about them on AutoAdmit.com. The amended complaint, which was delayed in arriving, has finally been filed. You can check it out here. For some thoughts on the amended complaint by Professor Dave […]

Remember the lawsuit filed by two female Yale Law School students over various allegedly defamatory and threatening comments posted about them on AutoAdmit.com? The plaintiffs are in the process of amending their complaint, and they’ve sought extra time in which to do so. From a tipster: [T]he third motion for an extension of time was […]

The blogosphere is ablaze with discussion of the AutoAdmit lawsuit. We collect and summarize the commentary in this linkwrap. (We read all the blogs, so you don’t have to! You can thank us later.) 1. Students File Suit Against Ex-AutoAdmit Director, Others [WSJ Law Blog] If you haven’t done so already, read this post first. […]

Anthony Ciolli, the former Chief Education Director of the AutoAdmit.com website, and various posters on that message board have been sued. A civil action has been filed against them in federal district court in Connecticut. The claims made against defendants are as follows: copyright infringement under 17 U.S.C. § 501; appropriation of another’s name or […]

Some very interesting news, reported by Amir Efrati over at the WSJ Law Blog: The Law Blog has learned that law firm Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge rescinded its job offer to Anthony Ciolli, the 3L at Penn Law who resigned as “Chief Education Director” of AutoAdmit last month. H[e] resigned in the wake of […]

This was forwarded to us by a tipster: April 25, 2007 To: Boalt Community From: Dean Christopher Edley, Jr. It has been a week since the distressing events involving a Boalt student’s threat —a hoax — against the community at Hastings College of the Law. I am writing to let you know that all our […]

A Boalt law student could be facing criminal charges after allegedly posting online threats toward Hastings: UC Hastings officials were alerted on Wednesday afternoon of a blog post threatening a copycat murder-suicide in reference to the events at Virginia Polytechnic Institute Monday, said UC Hastings spokesperson Lorri Ungaretti. “The threat did not specifically reference it, […]

Actually, make that the “Very Bad Ideas” file. Our personal preference is to ignore such people and things (which is what we’ve been doing until now). But several of you have emailed us about this incident, which has been covered in the MSM; so interest in it is obviously high. Here’s what one source had […]