Kevin Allen

July 31, 2007 | Law.com

In the second part of his three-part series on digital defamation, attorney Kevin Allen discusses the immunity that Internet companies generally seem to enjoy under the federal Communications Decency Act. Allen details three recent cases that illustrate how the World Wide Web is the equivalent of the Wild West for freedom of speech and expressivity nowadays, with Internet companies seemingly bearing little responsibility for illegal or questionable content.

By Kevin Allen

5 minute read

June 15, 2007 | Law.com

As part of a three-part series, Kevin Allen, a partner with Thorp Reed & Armstrong, discusses the changing legal landscape for defamation, especially when it comes to allegations involving electronic media. In this first article of the series, Allen discusses a recent case where a New York court applied the single publication rule to a Web site posting on a subscriber-only site.

By Kevin Allen

4 minute read