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San Antonio Employment Law Blog
San Antonio Nurse Sues for Defamation
A San Antonio nurse filed suit against the Santa Rosa hospital for defamation. The nurse, Tammy Perez, claims the hospital performed an abortion a few years ago. She says the…
Media Law Prof Blog
British Government Release Draft Defamation Bill To Address Libel Tourism
From the Independent: with a new Defamation Bill, the British government announces changes in libel laws that seek to protect the expression of honest opinion. More here from Inform's Blog,…
MS Litigation Review & Commentary
New York Law School Blog Analyzes the Help Lawsuit: Predicts Failure
New York Law School's legal reporting blog breaks down the Help lawsuit against Jackson native Kathryn Stockett in this post. I'm sick that I did not think of the title…
Media Law Prof Blog
Katie Holmes Files Defamation Suit Against Star Magazine
Katie Holmes has filed a defamation lawsuit against Star Magazine over its recent cover, implying that she is some sort of drug addict. The "addiction" to which the cover refers is…
Media Law Prof Blog
Courtney Love Will Pay Dawn Simorangkir $430,000 Plus Interest To Settle Lawsuit
Courtney Love is settling that Twitter defamation lawsuit. She will pay designer Dawn Simorangkir $430,000 plus interest over those tweets she made in 2009 that Ms. Simorangkir says defamed her.…
Media Law Prof Blog
Warner Brothers Hires High Powered Law Firm In Response To Sheen Lawsuit Threat
Via THR, Esq.: Warner Brothers has hired Munger Tolles & Olson lawyers Ron Olsen and John Spiegel to handle the escalating Charlie Sheen situation. However, THR Esq. blogger Matthew Belloni points…
Litigation & Trial
The Big Short Lawsuit: Subprime CDO Manager Takes A Calculated Legal Risk In Suing Michael Lewis
As I have written many times before on this blog, and as I know from my own experience, defamation lawsuits against major media outlets are no joke. Defamation law across…
Legal Profession Blog
Thy Brother’s (Book)Keeper
In a defamation action brought against an attorney who had defended a criminal matter against an embezzling former law firm employee, the New York Appellate Division dismissed claims against a…
MS Litigation Review & Commentary
Help Me Out Here–Who’s Hilly in the Help?
Kingfish broke the story last week of the lawsuit filed by Ablene Cooper against Kathryn Stockett, author of the bestselling novel The Help, for intentional infliction of emotional distress. Today the…
Florida Insurance Blog
4th DCA Finds State Farm Has a Duty to Defend Defamation Lawsuit Against Insured
By Mark Nation
In Segal v. State Farm Florida Insurance Company, ____ So.3d ____ (Fla. 4th DCA 2010), the insured was sued for "knowingly and/or negligently" making defamatory statements. The insured sent the lawsuit to…