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3 Apr, 2008 7:53 am
I've often linked in the past to the work of New Hampshire blogger Kathleen Seidel, whose weblog
Neurodiversity presents a fearless, systematically researched, and frequently brilliant ongoing critique of autism vaccine litigation. A ... was "fishing expedition", and the second was
"intimidation". Several clauses indicate that Shoemaker is hoping to turn up evidence that Seidel has accepted support from the federal
government, or from vaccine makers, which she says she hasn't. Also among the ...
10 Apr, 2008 8:40 am
After much discussion in the blogosphere this story would seem more than ready to cross over into mainstream-press coverage; here's a local columnist who says he left three messages
with attorney Clifford Shoemaker but got no response (Dave Brooks, "What a Web of actional links we can weave", Nashua Telegraph, Apr. 9)(via Liz Ditz/I Speak of Dreams' ongoing list
monitoring coverage). Update 5:30 p.m.: Here's James Taranto at WSJ Best of the Web, giving just the shove the story may need: It ...
3 Apr, 2008 9:01 am
I've often linked in the past to the work of New Hampshire blogger Kathleen Seidel, whose weblog
Neurodiversity presents a fearless, systematically researched, and frequently brilliant ongoing critique of autism vaccine litigation. A prominent plaintiff's lawyer in that litigation,
Clifford...
4 Apr, 2008 7:49 am
... (where we get attacked by a couple of commenters), and Orac/Respectful Insolence, have weighed in over the last 24 hours on the punishingly broad subpoena that vaccine lawyer
Clifford Shoemaker has aimed at autism blogger Kathleen Seidel of Neurodiversity. Others: PalMD, Pure
Pedantry, I Speak of Dreams, Law and More, Open Records, Matt Johnston, and my own cross-post at Point of Law. And: Family Voyage, Jack's NewsWatch, Autism Street ...
21 Apr, 2008 11:28 pm
I wrote a short while back about an outrageous subpoena issued by a lawyer to autism blogger Kathleen Seidel (See, Abuse of Process: Blogger, Unrelated to Action, Hit With Subpoena). It was outrageous ... justification. It's worth noting that Public Citizen
decided last week to represent Seidel. But the order to quash came so fast, and the PACER file shows no ... own work in representing herself
pro se. Well done! Update 1: Seidel was not the only one to be targeted by Shoemaker. He also went after Dr. ...
21 Apr, 2008 6:42 am
... cause why he should not be subjected to sanctions. Also: Orac. Earlier Monday post follows:] Autism blogger Kathleen Seidel reports that the online free speech project at Public Citizen has agreed to provide her with legal assistance in ... is ordinarily no more potent
public presence on behalf of the plaintiff's side in pharmaceutical litigation than Public Citizen. Seidel also has discovered that as a
Shoemaker target she is in distinguished company: I learned that on March 26, 2008 -- the same ...
6 May, 2008 4:37 pm
... had been issued by Virginia attorney Clifford Shoemaker to New Hampshire blogger Kathleen Seidel
a few weeks ago. The brief background is that Shoemaker represents Lisa and Seth Sykes in a Virginia suit over whether mercury in vaccines causing autism. Seidel isn't part of that recently discontinued suit; she is just a blogger (albeit ... religious fear mongering, among other issues in a subpoena that seems
dedicated to harassing Seidel. So that brings us to today and Weird Move #2, wherein Shoemaker ...
7 May, 2008 9:01 pm
As a judge considers whether to impose sanctions on attorney Clifford Shoemaker for hitting investigative blogger Kathleen Seidel with an intimidating subpoena, one of Shoemaker's attorneys asks the court for more time "to gather the material I would ... family, have now
voluntarily dropped their vaccine-autism suit against Bayer, which was the basis for the subpoena (Seidel, Orac). Perhaps-ominous sequel:
Seidel points out in a new post that Shoemaker's legal papers accuse her of arguably tortious ...
22 Apr, 2008 9:26 am
We posted yesterday that Public Citizen had volunteered to represent Kathleen Seidel in her attempt
to quash a subpoena seeking all of the records relating to her blog, which offends plaintiffs' lawyers in the vaccine litigation. Seidel
reported last night at her neurodiversity blog that the subpoena has been quashed (and sanctions threatened), although apparently the court did not reach the first amendment issues.
22 Apr, 2008 1:22 pm
Here's an update on two stories that we covered here this past month. First, there's good news for autism blogger Kathleen Seidel who was hit with a subpoena by plaintiffs attorney Clifford Shoemaker, seeking disclosure of her research sources, financial...
27 Sep, 2007 3:10 pm
Today on Wisconsin Public Radio, host Kathleen Dunn talks with Ann Seidl, maker of the new documentary, "The Hollywood Librarian." You can
catch it on The Ideas Network at 10:00 pm tonight, or listen online. The program is one hour long. The Hollywood Librarian is showing next week (Banned Books Week) at three Wisconsin
locations. Thanks to my UW-Madison Libraries colleague, Steve Frye, for the tip.
4 Apr, 2008 4:08 am
... upheld and its onerous demands enforced, it could signal chilly legal times ahead for bloggers... Attempted suppression of Seidel (PZ
Myers): using the power of the subpoena to harrass and intimidate bloggers who aren't at all involved in ... blogger by subpoena (Pure Pedantry): This is a clear attempt to bully and
intimidate a blogger for her differing opinions. Kathleen Seidel Slapped ...(I Speak of Dreams);
[updated with a growing list of blogs weighing in on the subject] Kathleen Seidel's Blog: ...
12 Mar 2:10 pm
... Alger. But you could have found out. With an internet connection, you have the tools you need. All you need from there is determination and talent. Like Kathleen Seidel. Kathleen Seidel
is the ludicrously thorough blogger who runs the usually-over-my-head Neurodiversity Weblog, ... one of his anti-vaccine junk science lawsuits. Pardon me if I gush, but Seidel is the embodiment of how good "amateur" blogging can be - how an informed citizen with a subject matter interest willing to put ...
29 Apr, 2008 8:36 pm
Kathleen Seidel is not a doctor. She's not a medical researcher. She's not an educator. She's not a
lawyer. But the 52-year old ... leading voices in the public debate about a possible link between autism and vaccines. Seidel's website,
neurodiversity.com, is a clearinghouse for autism-related literature, and her attached ... cause autism are Sens. Hillary Clinton, John McCain and Barack Obama. Seidel believes that the propagation of the theory causes many harms: It traumatizes parents, who believe their ...
3 Jul, 2008 2:07 pm
A while back, I posted a quick blurb on the legal action taken against a blogger, Kathleen Seidel,
who had an excellent blog on neuroscience. Some lawyer had subpoenaed her with a shockingly overbroad document request (she was a ... to know if Ms. Seidel was in part supported by or provided information by Bayer, he could have inquired of Bayer or limited the Seidel subpoena to that information. Instead he issued the subpoena calling for production of documents and a deposition on the day before he ...
26 Aug 12:41 pm
The South Carolina blog-libel case we covered in April, which resulted in a $1.8 million verdict, has now concluded in a settlement between the parties, per Citizen Media Law. Tags:
bloggers and the law Related posts Why the Jessica Cutler case matters (2) Watch what you say about lawyers: Marina Tylo, Paul Revere III, Jones Day (5) Wal-Mart vs. Kevin Brancato (0)
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commenters' identities (2)
18 Sep 11:30 am
... ] "Assistant Attorney General Elizabeth Baker said Hynes sent letters to at least 19 salons in the state." [Concord Monitor 2008 coverage] Tags: legal extortion, New Hampshire
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17 Sep 9:10 pm
... reveal identity of anonymous bloggers and commenters. Tags: Ben Stein, bloggers and the law Related posts Yoko Ono vs. Ben Stein (1) Why the Jessica Cutler case matters (2) Watch
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Seidel (22)
28 Apr, 2008 1:42 am
... 4/23/2008, story: Blogger turns attorney, defeats trial lawyer's subpoena, by John O'Brien: "When blogger and admitted information-hoarder Kathleen ... Shoemaker's main litigation area. Not willing to dish out the dollars for defense, Seidel filed her own
motion to quash the subpoena. It was granted Monday. "I wrote that motion ... calls her site "half-library, half-soapbox…." (continue reading the story) Kathleen Seidel's website, neurodiversity, From her About Us: "… As a student in library school many ...
21 Apr, 2008 8:38 am
... of today's post. Given the opportunity, we just couldn't resist. Kathleen Seidel hosts the
neurodiversity.com blog, in which she critiques the evidence supporting, and ... , Clifford Shoemaker, a plaintiff's lawyer in the vaccine litigation, served a subpoena on Ms.
Seidel demanding that she produce basically every document relating to her blog, including e- ... Citizen's first amendment team has now
volunteered to represent Ms. Seidel on a pro bono basis. Good for you, Public Citizen! We express no ...
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