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Defamation
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The IP Law Blog
Bloggers’ Rights and anti-SLAPP
By Lisa Y. Wang One usually thinks of a librarian as a calm and lawsuit-free job. However, a librarian in Canada is facing a $3.5-million lawsuit over a personal blog post…
The Right Coast
GU law prof Seidman libels (IMHO) Justice Scalia as a racist neo-Confederate
Georgetown law professor Louis Michael Seidman has posted to SSRN a so-called Thought Experiment, purporting to be "Justice Antonin Scalia's long lost dissenting opinion in Brown v. Board of Education." In…
Media Law Prof Blog
Defenses to Defamation Lawsuits in the Chinese Legal Regime
Yik Chan Chin, Hong Kong Baptist University, has published Truth, Fair Comments, Immunity and Public Opinion Supervision: Defenses of Freedom of Expression in Chinese Right to Reputation Lawsuits. Here is…
Minnesota Labor & Employment Law Blog
Employee Reference Checks- What Can a Public Employer Safely Say to a Prospective Employer About a Current or Former Employee?
I previously blogged about what private employers can say to a prospective employer, calling for a reference check on a current or former employee. The rules for public sector employers…
Minnesota Employer
Does Accusing a Former Employee of Blackmail and Extortion Constitute Defamation?
Not necessarily. The U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota recently dismissed a defamation claim that relied on accusations of blackmail and extortion in the widely publicized case of…
TortsProf Blog
Can Google Be Liable for Defamatory Comments Made on A Blog Which it Hosted?
The answer is maybe. Neil Foster (Newcastle) sends word of an interesting English Court of Appeals case: Tamiz v. Google Inc. The court found that, in some circumstances, Google could…
California Employment Law Update
Sexual Harassment Complaints Are Subject To Anti-SLAPP Motions To Strike
Aber v. Comstock, 2012 WL 6863235 (Cal. Ct. App. Dec. 18, 2012) Plaintiff Lisa Aber sued her employer and two of its employees, alleging that the employees had sexually assaulted…
Legal Profession Blog
Qualified Privilege In Defamation Action Against Florida Attorney
The Florida Supreme Court has held that a qualified, not absolute, privilege applies to alleged dafamatory statements made by an attorney in ex parte, out-of-court statements "so long as the…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Georgia Bill: Defamation by Image
By ConLawProf initials at end of post
Apparently upset by an image of a legislator's head being photo-shopped onto the image of a porn star's body, the Georgia legislature is entertaining a bill that would define such…
Global Media and Communications Watch
Developments in Defamation – Peers Vote in favour of a New Arbitration Service
By Paul Dacam
At the report stage for the new Defamation Bill on the 5 February 2013, the peers of the House of Lords voted in favour of a government-opposed amendment creating a…