Alision Gow: "I think time, effort and attention are key factors here - too many forums are set up and ignored by newspapers, other than checking for potential stories or libels."

"What can you do if a patient conducts a scurrilous campaign [against a doctor] on the Internet, calling into question your skills as a doctor? Barristers Michael Salter and Chris Bryden advise."

"Attorneys for a former high school football coach convicted in the shooting death of his pregnant wife wants the Houston Chronicle to identify a reader who posted a comment about the case on the newspaper’s Web site."

Bill Thompson on the Sheffield Wednesday and Usmanov libel cases.

Two Yale law students are suing an operator and several anonymous users of AutoAdmit.com for psychological and economic injury including the loss of a job due to defamtory comments left by the anonymous users.

Heather Brooke: "The Mumsnet case makes clear how libel affects everyone, not just journalists or those working in the traditional media. More and more of us, thanks to the growing ubiquity of blogs, chat groups and web forums, are vulnerable to this nefa