Companies and their employees at times face the difficult issue of protecting themselves from cybersmears by anonymous Internet users. One of the most problematic issues is the tension between identifying what is protected speech under the First Amendment and the standard that must be met in order to obtain the identity of an anonymous poster who has used the Internet to spread damaging statements.
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This article first appeared in the April 16, 2008 issue of The Recorder.
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