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Defamation
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San Antonio Employment Law Blog
The Other Side to a Defamation Lawsuit
Every lawsuit has another side. Now, we hear from Dakota Meyer's former supervisor at BAE Systems OASYS Inc. Bobby McCreight, Mr. Meyer's former boss, filed his Answer to Medal of…
The Faculty Lounge
Latest on The King Never Smiles
Following up on a post from mid-October, about Joe Gordon's guilty plea for web-publishing Thai translations of The King Never Smiles: there are reports that Joe Gordon has now received…
Media Law Prof Blog
South African Defamation Law
Eric Descheemaeker, University of Edinburgh School of Law, has published ‘A Man of Bad Character Has Not so Much to Lose’: Truth as a Defence in the South African Law…
San Antonio Employment Law Blog
Medal of Honor Winner Sues for Defamation
Defamation is hard to win in Texas. See my prior post about a recent defamation case here in San Antonio. This nurse had what should have been good evidence, yet…
The Faculty Lounge
Three Hundred Ramayanas?
It's been a tough couple of months for university presses. First there was the revival of the controversy over Yale University Press' The King Never Smiles. The translator (who was…
Texas Employment Law Update
Managers and Supervisors Should Follow Their Employer’s Neutral Reference Policies
Many employers understand the need for having a neutral reference policy (i.e., a policy whereby only dates of employments, positions held and sometimes last salary is disclosed). The policies help prevent…
Boundary Dispute Law Blog
Non-Neighborly Halloween Pranks
By Bob Zierman
The American Bar Association Journal this last week - along with indicating a case in which the judge declared that a house was "haunted as a matter of law" [though not fact]…
Media Law Prof Blog
European Court of Human Rights Rules In Favor of Professor on Criminal Defamation Claim
Clark University Professor Taner Akçam has won a case in the European Court of Human Rights defending his right to express his opinion concerning the prosecution of a Turkish journalist…
Media Law Prof Blog
New Jersey Court Upholds Grant of Summary Judgment To Author in Trump Defamation Suit
An appellate New Jersey superior court has affirmed a grant of summary judgment to an author and publisher in the matter of Trump v. O'Brien. Donald Trump had argued that Timothy O'Brien's…
The Right Coast
Balkinization — Freedom of Speech and the Right to Link
Yesterday, in a landmark decision, the Canadian Supreme Court unanimously ruled that hyperlinking to defamatory content is not inherently defamatory behavior. By limiting the application of Canada s defamation law,…