More Cases, But No Twitter Trials

As Twitter becomes more ubiquitous -- it now has more than 200 million registered users, and 155 million tweets are sent each day -- defamation, privacy and other lawsuits stemming from tweets are becoming more common.

I've been chronicling them in this blog, including lawsuits against singer Courtney Love (one settled, one pending); a suit by NBA referee against an Associated Press reporter (pending); and the lawsuit against the creator of the "Cookie Diet" against Kim Kardasian (dismissed, possibly settled).

Last week Media Bistro's "All Twitter" blog compiled these lawsuits, pegged to a Hollywood Reporter story on a suit newly filed by Notifi Records CEO Ira DeWitt against former New Edition singer Johnny Gill over a number of tweets. In addition, an Oregon TV station reports on a lawsuit filed by a doctor over a tweet and blog post.

None of these cases have gone to trial, so we're still waiting for the the first defamation trial -- and award -- in an American court stemming from Twitter. The "twible" watch continues.