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Defamation
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San Antonio Employment Law Blog
Father Sues Children Regarding Facebook Video
Well, it had to happen sooner or later. A parent has filed suit against some middle school boys regarding things they said about the man's young daughter. The father, a…
Socially Aware Blog
Twitter Milestones, Threatening Social Media Posts, Sexyback Singer buys Myspace, and More
By John Delaney, Gabriel Meister, Aaron Rubin
Facebook's Motion to Dismiss Denied A federal court in Texas denied Facebook’s motion to dismiss or transfer to California a declaratory judgment suit filed by Lamebook, a self-described parody website…
Socially Aware Blog
Using Copyright Assignments to Control Customer Reviews
Consumers often turn to the Internet for reviews before purchasing products or services, and companies are increasingly interested in ensuring that such reviews reflect positively and accurately on their businesses. …
Federal Eminent Domain Blog
Free Speech in Freeport, Texas
There is no “defamation” in the truth. Several years ago, journalist Carla Main wrote a book, Bulldozed, about eminent domain in Texas. Bulldozed described how the Freeport development agency and…
inversecondemnation.com
Texas App To Developer: Eminent Domain Book Just Not That Into You
Note to appellate practitioners: it's not a good sign when an opinion's treatment of your arguments starts with the phrase "[t]o the extent we are able to discern the arguments,…
TortsProf Blog
Cooley Sues Law Firm for Defamation
Brian Leiter reports that Thomas Cooley Law School has filed a complaint (pdf) against Kurzon Strauss and two of its lawyers based on its web soliciation of clients for a…
Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog
State Farm Hit with $14.5 Million Dollar Defamation Verdict
By Chip Merlin
Ed Rust, Jr., State Farm's Chief Executive Officer, must not have liked reading the headlines following a defamation verdict in favor of an Indianapolis restoration contractor that State Farm accused…
The Appellate Strategist
Reach of Litigation Privilege To Be Tested By Florida Supreme Court
In a day and age when every other day there seems to be a sex scandal involving a politician’s “indiscretions,” the Florida Supreme Court has been asked to examine a…
The Right Coast
Strauss-Kahn Accuser Sues N.Y. Post for Articles Calling Her a Prostitute – NYTimes.com
The hotel maid in the Dominique Strauss-Kahn case filed a libel suit against The New York Post on Tuesday over a series of articles it published during the Fourth of…
California Employment Law Update
Manager’s Defamation Action Against Striking Union Could Proceed
By Tony Oncidi
Price v. Operating Eng’rs Local Union No. 3, 195 Cal. App. 4th 962 (2011) During the course of a strike, members of the union placed copies of a flyer on…