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Defamation
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TortsProf Blog
Palin Threatens Defamation Suits
Jonathan Turley reports that Sarah Palin's lawyer has sent "cease and desist" letters to the Washington Post and other news outlets regarding their reporting on her decision to leave office. …
Connecticut Employment Law Blog
Statements Made During Affirmative Action Proceedings Are Entitled to Immunity, Appellate Court Rules
In a decision to be officially released later this month, the Connecticut Appellate Court has ruled that statements made by a worker during an affirmative action proceeding are subject to…
Media Law Prof Blog
Palin Attorney Warns Of Lawsuit If “Defamatory Statements” Continue
Outgoing Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin's attorney Thomas Flein is telling the media that they should not link her resignation to speculations that she is under any kind of investigation for…
Media Law Prof Blog
Daily Star Retracts Statements About David Beckham
Yet another retraction from a British paper: The Daily Star agrees that its story that David Beckham "made a play" for a Hungarian model was untrue. It is paying him…
MS Litigation Review & Commentary
Diaz Seeks Payback from Lampton
The Clarion-Ledger has a story today on former Mississippi Supreme Court Justice Oliver Diaz's defamation lawsuit against former U.S. attorney Dunn Lampton. The case focuses on the government's investigation and…
Media Law Prof Blog
Lily Allen Sues Over Comments In British, French Mags
Singer Lily Allen is suing the Sun over a report it published claiming she called former Spice Girl Victoria Beckman "a monster" and X Factor judge Cheryl Cole "stupid and…
Media Law Prof Blog
More On Libel Laws In the UK, and the Response of the Congress
From the Guardian's Robert Sharp, a commentary on libel laws in the UK and reaction to the US House of Representatives' passing of a bill intended to protect against the…
Media Law Prof Blog
A New Book on Defamation and Celebrity
David Rolph, University of Sydney, Faculty of Law, has published Reputation, Celebrity, and Defamation Law (Ashgate: 2008). Here is the introduction to the book. The concept of reputation is the…
Litigation & Trial
Why Is A Seriously Injured Lady Suing Sacha Baron Cohen For Only $25k?
The WSJ Law Blog points us to a Gawker reference to an AP article that says: Richelle Olson sued [Sacha Baron Cohen] and NBC Universal on May 22, claiming an incident at…
Media Law Prof Blog
The Power of Mom
Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay is on the defensive after remarks he made about Australian television personality Tracy Grimshaw have raised hackles in her native country. Apparently, he compared her unfavorably…