Law Practice
Apr. 20, 2013
Beware 'Streisand Effect' in defamation suits
Ten years ago, actress and singer Barbara Streisand taught the legal profession a lesson about how the Internet works. Many attorneys haven't yet learned it, to their clients' detriment.
Kenneth P. White
Partner
Brown, White & Newhouse LLP
Criminal law, First Amendment litigation
333 S Hope St Ste 4000
Los Angeles , CA 90071
Phone: (213) 613-9446
Fax: (213) 613-0550
Email: kwhite@brownwhitelaw.com
Harvard Univ Law School
Ten years ago, actress and singer Barbara Streisand taught the legal profession a lesson about how the Internet works. Many attorneys haven't yet learned it, to their clients' detriment.
Streisand was incensed that a photographer's website featured an aerial picture of her Malibu home, and sued seeking to have it removed. Before her legal assault, only six people had viewed the online image. Two were Streisand's lawyers. In the wake of her unsuccessful lawsuit, more than half a m...
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