Civil Litigation
Apr. 18, 2015
The perils of blogging
Professor Shaun Martin of the University of San Diego maintains a law blog, and a Court of Appeal recently cleared him of a defamation suit arising from one of his posts. By Marc D. Alexander
Marc D. Alexander
Attorney and Mediator
Alternative Resolution Centers (ARC)
Since 2008, my colleague Mike Hensley and I have published the hard-law blog California Attorney's Fees. I have occasionally fretted about legal risks presented by blogging. Though we have posted over 3,600 times and had nearly 1.5 million page views, only once did a post become a cause for concern.
The legal risks of blogging were, however, brought home recently in Welch v. University of San Diego et al. (April 2, 2015, 4th Dist. Div. 1) (unpublished). Plaintiff Welch, a...
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