Atkinson v. McLaughlin

How courts have described this case

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• concluding that jurisdictions are “nearly unanimous” in their application of the single publication rule to the Internet
• discussing North Dakota law and concluding the discovery rule applies to defamation claims only under limited circumstances where the alleged defamatory statements are secretive or inherently undiscoverable
• updating list of names and addresses of Board of Directors was unrelated to defamatory content and not republication because it \did not materially or substantially alter the substance or content\
• “[O]ther jurisdictions are nearly unanimous in holding that the single publication rule applies in defamation actions arising out of internet publications” (collecting cases)

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