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Media Law Prof Blog
Lott (More Guns, Less Crime) Sues Levitt (Freakonomics) Over Book’s Statements, Email
John Lott , the author of More Guns, Less Crime has sued Steven Levitt over statements Levitt made in Freakonomics, the book he wrote with Steven Dubner, as well as…
Rush on Business
Avoiding Defamation Claims In Responding to Reference Checks.
By Rush Nigut
AVOIDING DEFAMATION CLAIMS IN RESPONDING TO REFERENCE CHECKS: Iowa Code Chapter 91B.2 A significant potential liability faced by employers is defamation. To defame someone is to make a false statement…
Media Law Prof Blog
Alba Withdraws Lawsuit Threat After Receiving Apology
Actress Jessica Alba has accepted an apology from Playboy's former publisher Hugh Hefner and has apparently decided not to sue the magazine for putting a photo of her on the…
The Trademark Blog
‘How To Unmask An Anonymous Blogger’
Law.com: 'How to Unmask an Anonymous Blogger.'
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Defamation laws and blogging : Good article in Wisconsin Lawyer
Jennifer Peterson, a lawyer with LaFollette Godfrey & Kahn in Madison, has a nice article on defamation laws and blogging in this month's Wisconsin Lawyer magazine. Jennifer raises some interesting…
Media Law Prof Blog
Simeoni Defamation Lawsuit Against Lance Armstrong Begins
Filippo Simeoni's third lawsuit against Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong has begun, this time in a court near Rome. Read more here.
The Trademark Blog
‘Blog Defamation Lawsuit Lacks Jurisdiction’
Technology & Marketing Law Blog: 'Blog Defamation Lawsuit Lacks Jurisdiction.'
The Trademark Blog
Defamation In The Mind Of the Defamer or Defamee or Audience?
He calls a fellow (female) Selectman a name at a meeting which, if they both knew what it meant, would be, at a minimum, very insulting (it's a term for…
Media Law Prof Blog
“Mafia Wife” Says “Sopranos” Creator, HBO Used Her Story
As if the Gandolfini standoff, Italian-American "indignity" lawsuit, and Baer v. Chase proceedings weren't enough, now the popular HBO series "The Sopranos" is facing a suit from Lynda Milito, author…
Labor Law Prof Blog
United Farm Workers Threaten Libel Suit Over LA Times Series
Update: The UFW tells its side of the story here.According to Overlawyered.com, "journalist Marc Cooper, who wrote the L.A. Weekly piece, says the [UFW]has sent him a demand that he…