11th Circuit Court
Law Prof Drops Privacy Suit Against Above the Law; Blog Offers Prof Guest Spot
Posted Nov 4, 2009, 04:20 pm CST
By Martha Neil
A law professor at the University of Miami has seemingly changed his mind about the federal invasion of privacy suit he filed only last week against the publisher of Above the Law over a 2007 post on the self-described tabloid law blog.
Plaintiff Donald Marvin Jones today voluntarily dismissed the Southern District of Florida action in a one-sentence filing to which the Wall Street Journal Law Blog provides a link.
As detailed in an earlier ABAJournal.com post, Jones asserted privacy claims against ATL's characterization of a 2007 arrest that did not result in any prosecution and, according to the law prof, concerned a situation in which his only mistake was to make a wrong turn… Continue reading...
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