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Defamation
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Aaron Morris' Business Law Alert
Defamed Businesses Finding More Barriers to Redress
By Aaron Morris
A recent decision out of Maryland illustrates the legal tension that exists between anonymous Internet defamers and the businesses they victimize. Someone trashed a Dunkin’ Donuts on-line, claiming it was…
Proskauer on Privacy
U.K. Internet Publication Rule Upheld; Internet Viewings Constitute Republication
On March 10, 2009, the European Court of Human Rights held that the British Internet publication rule does not violate the right to free expression guaranteed by Article 10 of…
New York Injury Cases Blog
Plaintiff Called a Whore, Child Abuser and Drug User, Sues for Defamation and Wins But No Damages Awarded
Right on the heels of our post yesterday on defamation comes a case publicly reported just today in which neighbors in a small building in Brooklyn, New York ended up…
TortsProf Blog
King on Parody and Defamation
Joseph King (Tennessee) has added to his body of defamation work with Defamation Claims Based on Parody and Other Fanciful Communications Not Intended to Be Understood as Fact,…
Media Law Prof Blog
An ECHR Ruling On Internet Defamation
Cearta blogger Eoin O'Dell has a long and informative post on the recently decided ECHR case of Times Newspapers v. United Kingdom. The Court considered whether the UK's law violated…
New York Injury Cases Blog
Loss of Consortium Claim Follows Arrest of College Basketball Coach
On December 18, 2008, University of Mississippi's basketball coach, Andy Kennedy, was arrested in Ohio for assault following an altercation with Mohammed Jiddou, a Cincinnati cab driver. The criminal trial…
New Media and Technology Law Blog
Xcentric Ventures (a/k/a/ “the Ripoff Report”) Seeks Ninth Circuit Ruling on Standard for Unmasking Anonymous Posters
The "Ripoff Report" consumer complaint Web site is well known to those who follow rulings involving the application of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, including some who self-identity…
Media Law Prof Blog
Tabloid Apologizes To Kate Moss For Pregnancy Story
News of the World has apologized to Kate Moss for speculating that she might be pregnant, but she's still annoyed. She's launched a proceeding under the Data Protection Act.
Media Law Prof Blog
Hilden on the “Freakonomics” Lawsuit
FindLaw's Julie Hilden discusses the recent 7th Circuit decision that dismissed the defamation lawsuit against Steven Levitt, who cowrote the bestseller, Freakonomics. She thinks the court is right in one…
California Employment Law Update
Employee’s Defamation Suit Was Properly Dismissed
By Tony Oncidi
Dible v. Haight Ashbury Free Clinics, Inc., 170 Cal. App. 4th 843 (2009) Leah Dible, who was employed by the Haight Ashbury Free Clinics as a psychiatric counselor, was terminated…