Chamber's Lawsuit Makes Headlines

Media outlets are reporting on the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce's lawsuit against "Elmer Fudd."

The September 9th edition of Myrtle Beach's The Sun News reported on the case in which Nexsen Pruet's Cherie Blackburn and Franklin Daniels are representing the chamber in a lawsuit "against an unknown person using the Internet screen name 'Elmer Fudd.'"  The suit claims the person posted "false and defamatory information."

Blackburn told The Sun News "it's something the chamber felt like they had to react to... they couldn't allow the rumors to go unchallenged." The Sun News article was entitled "Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce: Lawsuit targets Internet remarks."   Click here to read The State newspaper's item entitled "Chamber of Commerce suing blogger." 

TV stations are also reporting on the suit.  WMBF and SC Now/WBTW interviewed Daniels for reports on September 9th.   Click here to watch and read WMBF's reports entitled "MB Chamber files lawsuit over internet posts."  Click here to watch and read SC Now/WBTW's reports entitled "Myrtle Beach Area Chamber sues internet commenter."  Click here to read CarolinaLive/WPDE's on-line article entitled "MB Area Chamber sues 'Elmer Fudd.'"