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Defamation Claims Increase Costs of Cooperation with Government Investigations
By Government Investigations Group
Disclosing the results of a company’s internal investigation to government investigators is always fraught with potential problems. The most obvious is the danger of waiving attorney-client privilege and work product…
Traumatic Brain Injury Law Blog
A Knock at the Door
I was recently sent an article written by Wendy A. Tucker titled “A Knock at the Door,” published in June in California Lawyer Magazine. Ms. Tucker shared her emotional and…
Fashion & Apparel Law Blog
DOMA goes down – Copyright goes up – U.S. v. Windsor, Supreme Court, No. 12-307, decided June 26, 2013
The Supreme Court handed down a far reaching decision throwing out an attempt by Congress to deny the benefits conferred by federal law on same sex couples legally married under…
Socially Aware Blog
German Court Holds Google Responsible for Its Search Suggestions
By Karin Retzer, Alja Poler De Zwart
On May 15, 2013, in a case filed against Google by an entrepreneur selling dietary supplements and cosmetics (the “Plaintiff”), the German Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe (Bundesgerichtshof, the…
Food Safety News
BPI v. ABC Remanded Back to South Dakota Courts
By Dan Flynn
Would Diane Sawyer hanging around tiny Elk Point, SD for a state Circuit Court trial be even more of a spectacle than in 1998 when Oprah Winfrey had to spent…
Media Law Prof Blog
Two Men First Identified as “Possible Suspects” In Boston Marathon Bombing Suing New York Post For Defamation
Two young men whose photographs were published in the New York Post and identified as "possible suspects" being sought by police in the Boston Marathon bombing are now suing the…
Socially Aware Blog
UK: The Latest Social Media Legal Updates
In our May 30, 2012 post on the Socially Aware blog—“Should We All Be Getting the Twitter “Jitters”? Be Careful What You Say Online (Particularly in the United Kingdom)”—we considered…
Global Media and Communications Watch
UK: High court rules that Bercow’s Lord McAlpine tweet was libellous
On Friday, 24 May the High Court ruled that Sally Bercow's tweet "Why is Lord McAlpine trending? *innocent face*" (the "Tweet") was defamatory. The ruling followed a preliminary hearing on…
San Antonio Employment Law Blog
Massive Lawsuit Against Bloggers is Reined In
Joseph Rakofsky sued some 74 people, who had the temerity to criticize him on the internet and other places. I previously wrote about his lawsuit against everybody here. He filed…
Boston Business Litigation
Social Media Defamation and Reputational Attacks
In business, a company or professional's reputation is paramount. If your reputation is damaged you can suffer lost clients, customers and revenue. Social media has provided a new way for…