Over at the Volokh Conspiracy, the man himself, Eugene Volokh (left), reports on Arthaud v. Fuglie, a case in which plaintiff alleged that he had been defamed by a blog post that was published in 2018. Plaintiff did not discover the post until 2021 and sued within weeks of discovery. North Dakota’s Supreme Court ruled that the two-year statute of limitations had lapsed. The statute of limitations runs from the time of publication, not from the time of discovery.
This is a boon to all bloggers, especially those whose posts are rarely discovered. We feel newly empowered to remove the gloves!
