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Defamation
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Media Law Prof Blog
New Jersey Supreme Court Upholds Lower Court “Inaccurate Teaser” Ruling
The New Jersey Supreme Court has held that a newspaper's publication of inaccurate "teaser" does not necessarily constitute actual malice or reckless disregard when the article corresponding to the the…
IP Intelligence
Lawyer Ratings Site Seeks Declaration That it Is Not Required to Remove Unflattering Reviews of Attorney Posted by Third Parties
In response to threatened legal action from a Florida law firm unhappy with negative reviews posted by users of the online attorney review site LawyerRatingz.com, the site’s operator, Ratingz, Inc.,…
Media Law Prof Blog
Mistrial In “Desperate Housewives” Case
From The Hollywood Reporter : the judge overseeing the "Desperate Housewives" case has declared a mistrial. The jury reports that it is deadlocked 8-4 in favor of Nicollette Sheridan.
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Musicians Demand Their Music Be Pulled from Rush Limbaugh’s Show
Rolling Stone: Rage Against the Machine to Rush Limbaugh: 'Stop Using Our Music in Your Right-Wing Clown Show', by Matthew Perpetua: Tom Morello demands that radio host drop Rage tunes Tom Morello…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Best in Law Blogs : The LexBlog Network : March 7, 2012
It was another good day on the LexBlog Network as 151 posts come across the wire. I've watched as Daniel Koewler and Karen Koehler's (woah, weird) posts have gotten shared…
Litigation & Trial
Sandra Fluke Can Sue Rush Limbaugh For Defamation And IIED
Update: I spoke with Geraldo Rivera on 77 WABC about the issue (MP3 file here, segment starts at 13:00), and with LXBN TV, with the below video: The Philadelphia Daily News…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Best in Law Blogs : The LexBlog Network : March 5, 2012
The big news of the day is that the NLRB's "posting rule" requiring employers to display a poster covering employee rights under the National Labor Relations Act was upheld, but…
Equine Law Blog
Amarillo Court of Appeals Affirms $60k Sanctions Award in AQHA Case
By Alison Rowe
Here’s another case that demonstrates the importance of filing suit in the correct jurisdiction. Remember Becky George’s APHA defamation case that was dismissed due to lack of personal jurisdiction? George was…
Broadcast Law Blog
Political Ad Content—When Do You Need to Worry?
Political speech has been called the "life-breath of democracy" by the US Supreme Court and receives very strong First Amendment protection. For that reason, the FCC has said that it will…
Litigation & Trial
Will Mining Companies Really Sue Scientific Journals For Defamation?
[Update, March 6, 2012: The study was published and is available here. The blog at Nature magazine has some commentary.] A week ago, ScienceInsider (part of Science magazine) reported on…