We keep hearing stories about doctors suing patients for bad reviews. However, there's some good news, in that a recent court ruling was pretty clear that complaining about your doctor is not defamation. In this case, it wasn't even just complaining via online reviews, but the son of the patient filed complaints about the doctor's treatment and bedside manner with "the American Academy of Neurology, the American Neurological Association, two physicians in Duluth, the St. Louis County Public Health and Human Services Advisory Committee and St. Luke's hospital, among others." In other words, the son was _not_ happy with Dr. David McKee and made that widely known. The court clearly saw someone who was upset and emotional, and saw no defamatory intent: > _ In his 18-page order dismissing the suit, Sixth Judicial District Judge Eric Hylden wrote that looking at Laurion's "statements as a whole, the court does not find defamatory meaning, but rather a sometimes emotional discussion of the issues." _ As for the public online reviews that the son filed also? Perfectly reasonable: > _ "In modern society, there needs to be some give and take, some ability for parties to air their differences," the ... Activision has said that features and services from its new Call of Duty division, Beachhead, will be central to a new console and PC game released this autumn. Beachhead as a platform was announced earlier this year and is an expansion of online play, adding more advanced features to the most popular console multiplayer game. "This platform will include a suite of services and content plan that will unite and ignite the community like never before. The platform will support in-game integration and bring online experiences and console play together for the first time," said Activision's Eric Hirshberg in a call to investors. Read more... (05-09) 23:07 PDT Memphis, Tenn. (AP) -- Kevin Durant scored six of his 35 points in the third overtime, and the Oklahoma City Thunder survived a thriller in holding off the Memphis Grizzlies 133-123 in a game that... Filed under: Concerts and Tours, News Kevin Winter, Getty Images In line with rumors that Google plans to unveil details about a new music service during its Google I/O Developer Conference in San Francisco on Tuesday, May 10, Jambands.com reports that the entertainment part of the program will be hosted by none other than Jane's Addiction. The bad news? It's a private event. The good news? It will be live-streamed straight from I/O Live, beginning at 10:30PM ET. Of course, the fact that Google booked such a marquee band as Jane's Addiction, coupled with the fact that they're making it available as a free live-stream, only reinforces the already-credible rumors that Google has some pretty big announcements of immediate interest to the music world. Way to get our attention. As Spinner has been reporting, Jane's Addiction's search for a new, permanent bass player is still ongoing. Following the departure of founding member Eric Avery in early 2010, Duff McKagan (OG bassist for Guns 'N' Roses, Velvet Revolver) joined for a brief spell. When he followed Avery out the exit door, the band recruited TV on the Radio's Dave Sitek who, indeed, plays bass on the majority of ... ABC News' Matthew Jaffe and Jake Tapper report: Senate Republicans tonight blocked the Obama administration's pick to be deputy attorney general, James Cole. Cole's nomination to become the second-in-command to Eric Holder at the Justice Department failed to overcome the... Activision Blizzard is set to launch a new "Call of Duty" game for consoles alongside an ambitious digital platform later this year, Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg said on the company's earnings call Monday. **EXCLUSIVE**: Charlie Hunnam, best known for playing biker Jax Teller in Kurt Sutter's superb FX series _Sons of Anarchy_, is negotiating to star in_ Pacific Rim_ for director Guillermo del Toro. The Legendary Pictures film, scripted by Travis Beacham, is set in a future where giant malevolent creatures threaten to destroy the earth, city by city. To combat its annihilation, the planet must band together and use highly advanced weapons technology to eradicate the growing threat. So once again, Hunnam will be kicking some ass. _ Pacific Rim_ will be produced by Legendary's Thomas Tull and Jon Jashni, along with del Toro. Callum Greene will executive produce. Legendary's running point on the picture, but it will be done through the company's overall agreement with Warner Bros._ Pacific Rim_ surfaced as an important movie when del Toro focused his attention on it as his next film after Universal halted _At the Mountains of Madness_, which del Toro was going to make with Tom Cruise. Hunnam just starred in the drama_ The Ledge_, which premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, and he just completed in _Blackbird_ opposite Eric Bana and Olivia Wilde. Hunnam's repped by CAA ... It's "been through a lot!" jokes the singer Join Eric Lindquist, Vice President of Editorial Content at Ziff Davis Enterprise, for this Biz Advisor video blog that takes a look into a few of the New York Times paperback Business Best Seller list. 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