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Bloggers immune from libel suits when republishing content
"Until Congress chooses to revise the settled law in this area' people who contend they were defamed on the Internet can seek recovery only from the original source of the…
ContractsProf Blog
If Fox and HarperCollins Don’t Do It, Will They Have Breached?
As everybody now knows (pretty much whether they want to or not), ReganBooks, an imprint of HarperCollins, recently announced that it would publish a book "written" by O.J. Simpson entitled…
Legal Profession Blog
Judges Winning Libel Suits and the Costs of U.S. Litigation
Over at Concurring Opinions, Daniel Solove (GW) offers, in "The Cost of Litigation," his reaction to the recent case in which a jury awarded $7 million in damages to the…
Media Law Prof Blog
Florida Appellate Court Reverses Lower Court on False Light Action
In a false light action filed against a newspaper, a Florida appellate court has ruled that the invasion of privacy claim is subject to a two-year statute of limitations that…
TortsProf Blog
OJ & Royalties & Civil Judgments
This morning, I read this USA Today story (hey, I'm in a hotel) about the execrable forthcoming OJ Simpson book If I Did It, and noticed this:Simpson has failed to…
TortsProf Blog
Britney & Defamation
Julie Hilden has a Writ column criticizing the dismissal of Britney Spears's complaint against Us Weekly; if you get to defamation in your Torts class, (a) I'm jealous, and (b)…
Media Law Prof Blog
More on the Moore Lawsuit
Adam Liptak of the New York TImes covers the Daniel Moore/University of Alabama lawsuit over Moore's paintings of 'Bama athletes. The University claims that the artist's renditions of Crimson Tide…
TortsProf Blog
Spectators Accept the Risk of Baseballs, Bats, and, Um, Relievers Throwing Chairs?
An interesting update in the lawsuit involving a heckler at a Rangers/A's game, a thrown chair by Rangers reliever Frank Francisco, and the chair hitting the heckler's wife:According to the…
Media Law Prof Blog
Defaming the Dead?
The November 5 New York TImes has an interesting article about a website called Legacy.com, which monitors online guest books, meant for mourners, in which some disaffected individuals try to…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Don’t Talk Ill of the Dead
Many websites exist for family and friends to make comments about the recently deceased. They range from small sites created by local funeral homes to mega-sites such as Legacy.com.These website…