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  1. The Virginia Defamation Law Blog

    Are Malicious Press Releases Announcing Litigation Protected by Privilege?

    By Lee E. Berlik

    Certain plaintiffs’ law firms follow a troubling playbook: they draft a complaint loaded with inflammatory (and often false) accusations, file it, and then issue a press release repeating the most…

  2. Wait A Second!

    Welcome to New York Times v. Sullivan

    By secondcircuitcivilrightsblogsecondcircuitcivilrig

    A Republican Congressman sued NBC over a Rachel Maddow's comment that he had accepted material from a Russian agent without notifying the authorities. That comment was apparently false, but Maddow…

  3. India Legal

    Delhi court questions scope of civil relief in defamation suit against Dhruv Rathee over alleged insult to Hindu deities

    By Chayanikaindialegal

    A Delhi court has questioned the nature of the relief that can be granted in a civil defamation suit against YouTuber Dhruv Rathee over a video allegedly insulting Hindu deities,…

  4. Florida Eminent Domain Law Blog

    Business Defamation in Florida: When Bad-Mouthing Crosses Into a Lawsuit

    By Jimerson Birr

    A competitor tells your biggest client you are about to lose your license. A former employee posts that you cook the books. A customer leaves a one-star review calling you…

  5. Inforrm's Blog

    Law and Media Round Up – 12 October 2026

    By INFORRM

    Thames Valley Police has accepted that the search warrants used to raid Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s homes in February were unlawful due to an error in the legal basis for issuing them.…

  6. Zalma on Insurance

    Statements of Opinion Generally are not Actionable

    By Barry Zalma

    Officer Entitled to Minimal Damages After Discipline for Wrong Doing  Post 4859 No Right to Abuse Prisoner In Darryl R. Wormuth, et al. v.  Prince George’s County, et al., No. 23-cv-2905-ABA,…

  7. Media Law Journal

    AI lawsuits?

    By Steven

    Before AI kills us all, or enslaves us like horses, or takes our jobs, or destroys our infrastructure, it’s going to drive us to the courts. I’m a media lawyer…

  8. Conflict of Laws .net

    OUT now: Multistate Torts in European Private International Law

    By CoL .net

    The following announcement has kindly been provided by Silvia Marino The new extensive Volume Multistate Torts in European Private International Law was just published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book…

  9. Inforrm's Blog

    Law and Media Round Up – 5 October 2026

    By INFORRM

    The Michaelmas Legal Term began on Thursday 1 October 2026 and will run to Monday 21 December 2026. On 9 September 2026, OpenAI announced that it ​was pushing for mandatory…

  10. Canadian Lawyer Mag

    Ezra Levant’s smears of a Crown counsel are unacceptable

    By Canadian Lawyer Mag

    I often disagree with Moiz Karimjee, but I am obligated to defend him against unwarranted attacks