If suing for libel, you must do so within a limited time from
the alleged libel taking place. The New York Court of Appeals
yesterday ruled that for internet libel, the clock starts ticking
when the page is first posted on-line, not when the web site was
last updated.
In doing so, the court rejected the claim of Geoge Firth, former
Director of Law Enforcement for the Department of Environmental
Conservation.
At a press conference in December 1996, the State Education
Department posted on its Government Locator web site a report which
was critical of Firth.
The
decision is available as an 11-page PDF
