Topic
Defamation
2,139 published works
Media Law Prof Blog
Lawyer-Blogger Goes On Trial For Defamation in Singapore
Lawyer-blogger Gopalan Nair has pled not guilty to defaming a Singaporan judge, Belinda Ang, whom he accused of "prostituting herself," implying that she was not impartial in a recent high…
Media Law Prof Blog
New Book Forthcoming On Celebs and the Media
Robin Barnes, University of Connecticut, has published Outrageous Invasions: The Defamation and Harassment Surrounding Media Invasion of Celebrities' Private Lives (forthcoming from Oxford University Press, 2009). Here is an abstract…
California Employment Law Update
Employee Of Syrian National Origin May Proceed With Discrimination And Defamation Claims
By Tony Oncidi
Mamou v. Trendwest Resorts, Inc., 165 Cal. App. 4th 686 (2008) Tamer Mamou was employed as a project director for Trendwest (a company that sells timeshares at various resort locations)…
Media Law Prof Blog
Publisher Asks For Verdict, Jury Award, To Be Overturned in Defonseca Case
Jane Daniel, the publisher of Mt. Ivy Press, is seeking to have a judgment against her overturned after the plaintiff in that lawsuit, Misha Defonseca, admitted earlier this year that…
Media Law Prof Blog
Mail On Sunday Apologizes To Sir Salman Rushdie Over Excerpts From Book
The Guardian reports that the Mail on Sunday says it will apologize to author Salman Rushdie for reprinting statements from a book it excerpted; Sir Salman won a libel judgment…
Media Law Prof Blog
John Dean on “Obama Nation”
John Dean indicts both John Corsi and U.S. defamation law in this post about Mr. Corsi's book about Presidential candidate Barack Obama, Obama Nation. Says Mr. Dean in part, "[N]otwithstanding…
Media Law Prof Blog
Legal Flap Over Political Film
Bradley Blakeman has filed a lawsuit over the new political comedy "Swing Vote", starring Kevin Costner, which he thinks is based on a screenplay which he showed to actor Kelsey…
TortsProf Blog
Nancy Grace Suit Proceeding
WSJ Law Blog has details of the judge's ruling denying the defendant's motion to dismiss; we posted on the case back in 2006 with the background.--BC
Media Law Prof Blog
New York Court Orders Newspaper To Provide Plaintiffs With Information “In Its Control” On Anonymous Posters
A New York court has ordered a non-party newspaper to provide plaintiffs in a defamation suit with "such information, if any, in its possession or control that could reasonably lead…
Media Law Prof Blog
London Evening Standard Apologizes To Royal Family Over Cancer Story
The London Evening Standard has apologized for its story that Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth II, has prostate cancer. Further, it said, "We unreservedly apologise both to him and…