His answers about a defamation lawsuit early in his career, the names and status of his household staff and his medical history were incomplete, they said.

Heaps had refused the reimbursement for the defamation lawsuit but still accepted the reimbursement for the compliance audit action.

In a defamation lawsuit he was charged with breaking his distribution contract and disclosing proprietary information.

However, this court concluded that the identity of anonymous posters in defamation lawsuits can be revealed only if the lawsuit would survive a motion to dismiss.

Failure to comply with this proposed law would result in fines and possible defamation lawsuits against the operators of the website.