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Media Law Prof Blog
Brooke Shields Con
Brooke Shields is considering legal action against the National Enquirer, which she says sent a reporter to interview her mother Teri. The reporter took the older Shields out of her…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Fox “News” Wins Defamation Case Against Day Laborers
Shaun Martin at California Appellate Report blogs about Balzaga v. Fox News Network (Cal. Ct. App May 14, 2009), which includes several immigrant day laborers as plaintiffs who sued the Fox "News"…
Media Law Prof Blog
Fifth Circuit Reverses Lower Court Denial of Motion To Strike Under La. Anti-Slapp Statute In Defamation Case
In Henry v. Lake Charles American Press, the Fifth Circuit has reversed a lower court ruling denying defendants' motion to strike under Louisiana's anti-SLAPP statute, La. Code Civ. Proc. art.…
Connecticut Employment Law Blog
Breaking: Connecticut Supreme Court Narrows Scope of Qualified Privilege for Workplace Communications
In a unanimous decision released publicly today, the Connecticut Supreme Court narrowed the scope of the qualified privilege that employers have been able to invoke in defamation claims involving intracorporate communications. …
North Carolina Business Litigation Report
Nondisparagement Provision Wasn’t Violated By “Barroom Gossip”
When law firms break up, litigation often follows. The case of Merritt, Flebotte, Wilson, Webb & Caruso, PLLC v. Hemmings, decided Tuesday by the North Carolina Court of Appeals, involved…
California Employment Law Update
Former Employee Proved No Damages As A Result Of Alleged Defamation
By Tony Oncidi
The Nethercutt Collection v. Regalia, 172 Cal. App. 4th 361 (2009) Michael Regalia sued The Nethercutt Collection for wrongful termination and slander after he was terminated as its president. The…
Legal Profession Blog
Absence Of Malice
The New York of Appeals held that a defamation action against the New York Post was properly dismissed on summary judgment. The Post had reprinted portions of a lengthy article…
Media Law Prof Blog
Website Agrees It Published Defamatory Statements About Soccer Team Manager, Will Pay Damager
The website Football 365 has agreed that the story it published alleging that Aston Villa's manager Martin O'Neill had lied about the possible move of player Gareth Barry from Aston Villa…
Media Law Prof Blog
Channel 4 Wins Defamation By Fiction Claim
A U.S. judge has tossed a defamation by fiction claim, saying that no reasonable person could believe that the character "Ali G" (Sacha Baron Cohen) was discussing in an interview…
Media Law Prof Blog
Author Jared Diamond Sued For Defamation
According to this Chronicle of Higher Education account, author Jared Diamond is being sued for defamation over a New Yorker article in which he discusses New Guinea clan warfare. Two…