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Defamation
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ImmigrationProf Blog
“America’s Toughest Sheriff” in the News — Again!
FROM COURTHOUSE NEWS SERVICE: "Two more Superior Court judges have sued Sheriff Joe Arpaio for defamation, and a deputy county manager and a county administrator added complaints of their own,…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Rubinstein on NY Defamation
Congratulations to Mitch Rubinstein (Adjunct Prof Blog) on the publication of his article, in the New York State Bar Journal, A Peek at New York Defamation Law, 82 N.Y.S. Bar…
Med Law Blog
Wrongful Databank Report Does Not Justify Defamation Action
Frengell v. InterCare Community Health Network demonstrates the counterintuitive nature of certain peer review actions. Dr. Frengell’s employment was terminated following the inappropriate prescription of narcotics. InterCare reported Dr. Frengell to…
Media Law Prof Blog
Defamation After “Gutnick”
David Rolph, University of Sydney Faculty of Law, has published Publication, Innocent Dissemination and the Internet after Dow Jones & Co Inc v Gutnick at 33 University of New South Wales…
Media Law Prof Blog
Rethinking Defamation Law
David S. Ardia, Berkman Center for Internet & Society, is publishing Reputation in a Networked World: Revisiting the Social Foundations of Defamation Law, in the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Federal Judge Will Here Case Regarding False Billboard
The Washington Post: Judge in Ohio turns down anti-abortion group bid: A federal judge has turned down an anti-abortion group's attempt to block an Ohio congressman from moving forward with…
Media Law Prof Blog
Judge Allows Suit Against J.K. Rowling To Proceed
Media Law Prof Blog
Matt Dillon Sues Producers Over “Crash”
International Law Prof Blog
Defamation Law in Cambodia
Defamation laws are being used disproportionately in Cambodia against journalists, activists and politicians, an independent United Nations human rights expert said today, warning against a narrowing of the political space…
TortsProf Blog
NY Rejects Defamation and Negligent Entrustment Claims in Cyberbullying Case
Stephen Kramarksy has an article in the New York Law Journal analyzing the July decision by a New York state court judge holding cyberbullying was not an actionable tort under New…