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Scott Moss on the Don Imus Settlement With CBS and the Kia Vaughn Defamation Lawsuit Against Don Imus
Here's FindLaw's Scott Moss on Don Imus's recently settled wrongful dismissal case against CBS and the recently filed defamation lawsuit against Don Imus. In his opinion, the settlement's a good…
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KinderUSA, Laila Al-Marayati Drop Lawsuit Against Yale, Author; Cambridge Agrees to Destroy Unsold Copies of “Alms For Jihad”
Kinder USA and its chair, Dr. Laila Al-Marayati, have abandoned their defamation suit against Dr. Matthew Levitt and his publisher, Yale University Press. The suit concerned Dr. Levitt's book Hamas:…
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All Those Sports Suits, Criminal & Civil
The Washington Post's Michael Wilbon, one of the best sports columnists working today, has a column today about the general state of sports and the law, including a discussion of…
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Is Barry Bonds Libel-Proof?
Probably not as to some of the subjects about which he's considering suing others (presumably including Curt Schilling):Now that Barry Bonds has passed Henry Aaron to become baseball's all-time home…
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A Floral Duty of Confidentiality?
As reported yesterday on The Today Show (and others), Leroy Greer has sued 1-800-Flowers for damages and "mental anguish" because the florist inadvertently disclosed Greer's extramarital affair to his wife. …
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District Court Rules Computer Programmer a Public Figure for Purposes of Defamation Suit
A federal judge has determined that a computer programmer who has spoken and written about QDOS, an early operating software system, is a limited purpose public figure for purposes of…
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And Even More on Lott v. Levitt
A judge refused to reconsider the dismissal of Mr. Lott's lawsuit but gave a thumbs up to the settlement the two parties have worked out in Mr. Lott's defamation suit…
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Independent Apologizes to Evening Standard Editor, Husband
Meanwhile, the Independent paid damages to the Evening Standard's editor Veronica Wadley and her husband, writer Tom Bower (author of that biography of Conrad Black, Conrad and Lady Black: Dancing…
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Imus, CBS, Rumored Close to Settlement
Don Imus and CBS are rumored to be close to settling Mr. Imus' 120 million dollar lawsuit against the network for wrongful dismissal in the wake of his controversial remarks…
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Rapper Sues Over Advertisement
Rapper 50 Cent is suing the internet advertising firm Traffix over an advertisement that pictures an individual being shot. The celebrity alleges that, although he is not identified in the…