Topic
Defamation
2,139 published works
Legal Profession Blog
Law Of The Internet
The Maryland Court of Appeals issued an interesting decision last Friday concerning the authority of a court to compel an Internet website host to identify forum participants that post anonymous…
Media Law Prof Blog
Australia’s Defamation Laws
David Rolph, University of Sydney Faculty of Law, has published "A Critique of the National, Uniform Defamation Laws," at 16 Torts Law Journal 207 (2008). The national, uniform defamation laws,…
Media Law Prof Blog
The Latest On Lott v. Levitt
The Seventh Circuit has affirmed a lower court ruling in Lott v. Levitt, the defamation case concerning the popular book Freakonomics.John Lott, an academic and economist, believes that his reputation…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
11th Circuit Certifies Florida Long-Arm Question
In Internet Solutions Corporation v. Marshall, Defendant lived in Washington, where she owned and operated a consumer-watchdogish website. She posted something about plaintiff, ISC. ISC sued Defendant in federal court…
Litigation & Trial
Does the Internet Provoke More Defamation Lawsuits? — “Web 2.0 defamation lawsuits multiply”
The San Francisco Chronicle writes, The Web 2.0 movement, which ushered in an interactive Internet, sought to put power in the hands of the people by tapping the so-called wisdom…
Proskauer on Privacy
Google Execs Face Privacy-Related and Other Criminal Charges for Taunting Video
Several Google executives, including the Company's global privacy counsel, Peter Fleischer, will face criminal charges in Italian court stemming from Italian authorities' two-year investigation of a video posted on Google…
Media Law Prof Blog
Britney Spears’s Former Manager Sues For Defamation
Sam Lufti, who was Britney Spears' manager, has filed suit against the star and her parents for defamation and IIED just after the Spears family was granted a restraining order…
Media Law Prof Blog
London Lite Issues Apology To David Walliams Over Montage
The British "free paper" London Lite has apologized to "Little Britain" star David Walliams for a photo montage that suggested he and model Peta Todd are in a "relationship." The…
Media Law Prof Blog
Newspapers Admit Errors Over Heather Mills Stories
At least four newspapers have corrected stories after Heather Mills's lawyers have complained about their coverage of the former Beatle's ex-wife, admitting that articles that alleged that she had spent…
International Law Prof Blog
Libel Tourism
Under English law, a plaintiff suing for defamation need prove only that the material is defamatory -- the burden of proof then shifts to the defendant, who must justify the…