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Testimony In Mosley Lawsuit Against News of the World Continues
The News of the World editor, Colin Myler, defended his paper's representation of Max Mosley's sexual pastimes in court yesterday. Mr. Myler told the court that the representation was "fair…
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Mosley Lawsuit Against News of the World Proceeds To Trial
News of the World and FIA President Max Mosley are in court over NoW's story that Mr. Mosley participated in a Nazi-themed sex orgy. Mr. Mosley denies the story and…
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Appellate Court Vacates Lower Court Order Concerning Discovery Re Actual Malice in News-Press Defamation Lawsuit
In the ongoing battle between Wendy McCaw, owner of the Santa Barbara News-Press, and various of its employees, third parties have been drawn in, including journalist Susan Paterno, who wrote…
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Steven Hatfill, DOJ Settle Lawsuit
Steven Hatfill, who was named as a "person of interest" in the 2001 anthrax attacks, has settled his defamation and invasion of privacy lawsuit against the Department of Justice. DOJ…
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NBC, Plaintiff Settle “To Catch a Predator” Lawsuit; Program’s Future In Doubt
NBC and Patricia Conradt have settled a lawsuit over the death of Ms. Conradt's brother Louis, who killed himself after he was accused of engaging in "sexually explicit" conversations with…
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Texas Court of Appeals Rules Paper Entitled To Summary Judgment in Defamation Case
The Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District, has held that the Houston Chinese Press was entitled to summary judgment in a defamation case brought by David Tang, a limited purpose…
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Danish Appellate Court Upholds Lower Court Ruling: No Liability For Newspaper That Published Prophet Muhammed Cartoons
A Danish appeals court has upheld a lower court ruling that the Danish newspaper which published those controversial "Prophet Muhammed" cartoons was exercising a right of free speech. The cartoons…
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Singapore Charges Blogger For Insulting Judges
Singapore is charging a U.S. based blogger with defamation for alleging that a judge is "prostituting herself" during a trial. The blogger, lawyer Gopalan Nair, who is now a U.S.…
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Judge Permits Discovery of Anonymous AutoAdmit Poster
Two Yale law students have sued various posters at AutoAdmit for defamation and other torts. One of them, "AK47," sought permission to proceed anonymously and to quash (based on free…
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California Appellate Court Reverses Injunction As Prior Restraint in Divorce Case, Remands For Further Hearing
A California court of appeal has held that a preliminary injunction prohibiting a wife from publishing statements about her estranged husband on the Internet was "overbroad and constituted an invalid…