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Defamation
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Media Law Prof Blog
Supreme Court of Canada Holds That Publication of Hyperlink To Defamatory Material Is Not Itself Defamatory
The Supreme Court of Canada has held that publication of a hyperlink to defamatory material that appears on another website is not actionable as defamation. The case is Crookes v.…
International Law Prof Blog
Libel Tourism
International Law WeekendThe American Branch of the International Law Association (ABILA) and the International Law Students Association (ILSA) present:Libel TourismFordham University Law SchoolFriday, October 21, 2011, 10:45 a.m. to 12:15…
International Law Prof Blog
Thailand Urged to Reform Defamation Provisions in Thai Penal Code
A United Nations human rights expert has called on Thailand to amend laws that impose jail terms of three to 15 years on “whoever defames, insults or threatens” top members…
The Faculty Lounge
The King Never Smiles
Years and years ago -- back in 2006 -- the Thai government tried to stop Yale University Press from publishing a biography of the Thai king, The King Never Smiles.…
Day On Torts
The Advice Goddess Takes on the TSA
By John Day
Amy Alkon, the Advice Goddess, had a bad run-in with a TSA agent. Of course, we have no legal right to hold the TSA or its agents accountable for acting…
Media Law Prof Blog
The Defamatory Tweet?
Julie Hilden, who now blogs at Justia.com's Verdict, writes here about the treatment tweets ought to get if an individual thinks the tweeter has defamed him or her. Using Courtney Love's…
TortsProf Blog
Heymann on Interests in Reputation
Laura Heymann (W&M) has posted to SSRN The Law of Reputation and the Interest of the Audience. The abstract provides:Although an individual has control over many of the statements, acts,…
New York Attorney Malpractice Blog
Legal Malpractice and Defamation
A recent case, reported on Lexis but not yet entered in the NYS Court Appellate Division web site discusses the interrelation of defamation and legal malpractice. In DANY DAVID, Plaintiff,…
Media Law Prof Blog
Lawyer, Blogger Reach Settlement Over Defamation Claims
The Ohio attorney who sued a blogger who made what he considered defamatory statements about him during the course of his representation of the family of a teenager who had…
Legal Profession Blog
“Goodbye, My Wardrobe”
A South Carolina attorney who sued a paper for defamation after an article called her a "two bit" and "corruptible" lawyer won actual and punitive damages at trial. The South…