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Defamation
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Media Law Prof Blog
Peggy Sue Gets Nasty
Kathleen Turner, sued by Nicolas Cage over statements in her tell-all book Send Yourself Roses that he was arrested for driving under the influence and that as she remembers it,…
TortsProf Blog
“Slanderous Kook: I’m a Slander Victim”
That's The Smoking Gun's headline, and it does a nice job of summarizing the story of Larry Sinclair, a Minnesota man who first made (unsubstantiated) allegations of doing various illegal…
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Turner Apologizes to Cage
On Wednesday, Sheila posted that Nicholas Cage was suing Kathleen Turner for defamation in London's High Court based on a few sentences Turner wrote in her autobiography. Sheila also reported…
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Peggy Sue Got Sued
BBC News reports that Nicholas Cage has filed suit against Kathleen Turner in London's High Court for "defamation, libel and slander" based on a few sentences in her forthcoming autobiography. …
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Don’t Like Web Content? Try Suing Google
Techdirt reports that two Australian real estate agents are suing Google for linking to an allegedly defamatory article about them. The suit has been filed in Australia and appears to…
Media Law Prof Blog
Judge Reinstates Defamation Lawsuit Against Professor
The judge who dismissed a defamation lawsuit against a University of California, Irvine professor has now reinstated the suit, based on new evidence presented to the court. One of the…
Media Law Prof Blog
More on Australian Defamation Law From David Rolph
David Rolph, University of Sydney Faculty of Law, has published "Preparing for a Full-Scale Invasion? Truth, Privacy and Defamation" at 25 Communications Law Bulletin 5 (2007). Here is the abstract.One…
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Former DEA Agents Sue Over “American Gangster”
DEA agents have filed a class action defamation suit against NBC Universal alleging defamation in the Denzel Washington film American Gangster. The film (which I have not seen), while primarily…
Employer Law Report
Summary of Employment Law Report Postings for Week of January 7 – January 11
By Brian Hall
Recent Case Could Make Ohio Employers More Vulnerable To Defamation Claims Posted on January 11, 2008 by Rob Stalter Employers certainly have the right to comment about alleged employee misconduct…
Media Law Prof Blog
Fifth Circuit Rules That Single Publication Rule Applies to Internet
Nationwide Bi-Weekly Mortgage brought defamation and various other claims against Belo Corporation, The Dallas Morning News, and one of its reporters because of a 2004 article that appeared in the…