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Defamation
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TortsProf Blog
A Small Thought About Flea
The NY PI Blog continues to be the leader in blog coverage of the Flea-blogging-his-own-trial-and-then-settling-when-outed case. I've read very little of it, so I may be repeating something said elsewhere…
Chicago IP Litigation
A Different Style of Legal Writing
Funny Cide Ventures, LLC v. Miami Herald Publishing Co., No. 4D06-2347, Slip Op. (Fla. 4th Dist. May 16, 2007). Funny Cide Ventures is not a Northern District opinion, nor is…
Maryland Courts Watcher
Educational Testing Service v. Hildebrant (Ct. of Appeals)
By chellisnealgonzalezmarylandcourts-blogspot-com
Filed: May 10, 2007—Opinion by Judge Irma RakerHildebrant sued Educational Service ("ETS") for malicious defamation and breach of contract after ETS concluded that Hildebrant had not followed mandatory testing procedures…
CommLawBlog
Roommates.com Decision May Limit Section 230 Protection from Defamation Suits
By Kevin Goldberg703-812-0462email We have previously discussed (in the December 2006 Memorandum to Clients and the January 2007 FHH Telecom Law) the immunity from defamation and other types of lawsuits…
Media Law Prof Blog
Online Defamation
Susan W. Brenner, University of Dayton School of Law, has published "Should Online Defamation Be Criminalized?" in volume 76 of the MIssissippi Law Journal. Here is the abstract.In 1961 the…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Dueling Lawsuits at Dow Chemical
You will recall that Dow Chemical fired two longtime officers (and one is a director) about a month ago, because, it said, they engaged in unauthorized talks to sell the…
TortsProf Blog
Massachusetts SJC Upholds $2M Libel Verdict
A couple of years ago, the Boston Herald published stories critical of Judge Ernest Murphy, including an allegation that he said that a rape victim should "get over it." The…
Media Law Prof Blog
Imus Lawyer Says CBS, MSNBC Could Have Prevented Comments From Airing
In an interview on "Good Morning, America," Martin Garbus, the lawyer Don Imus has hired to represent him in his wrongful dismissal lawsuit against CBS says CBS and MSNBC had…
California Employment Law Update
Employee Who Received Settlement For Defamation Claims Was Liable For Back Taxes
By Tony Oncidi
Polone v. CIR, 473 F.3d 1019 (9th Cir. 2007) Gavin Polone sued his former employer, United Talent Agency, alleging, among other things, wrongful termination and defamation. In settlement of the…
Media Law Prof Blog
Anna Nicole’s Companion Files Suit Over Her Mother’s Lawyer’s Remarks
Howard K. Stern, Anna Nicole Smith's companion and attorney, has filed a defamation suit over statements made by Virgie Arthur's attorney. Mr. Stern alleges that those remarks amount to claims…