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Defamation
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Media Law Prof Blog
Afghan Journalist To Be Released
An Afghani appellate court has reduced a journalist's sentence and agreed to release him if he apologizes for his writings. Ali Mohaqeq Nasab will have served six months of a…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Scrushy Sues Birmingham News and Radio Host for Libel
By Ellen Podgor
Former HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy and his wife, Linda, filed libel suits against the Birmingham News and Alabama radio personality Paul Finebaum for comments regarding their decision to switch churches…
Media Law Prof Blog
“Desperate Housewife” Actress Wins Exoneration, Damages in Libel Lawsuit
Teri Hatcher, one of the stars of the ABC series "Desperate Housewives", has won a defamation case against the British tabloid Daily Sport. The paper had printed a story in…
Labor Law Prof Blog
PING: Update on the Seigenthaler Wikipedia Defamation CaseURL: http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2005/12/update_on_the_s_1.htmlIP: 216.70.70.3BLOG NAME: Concurring OpinionsDATE: 12/11/2005 06:41:02 AMPaul Secunda over at Workplace Prof Blog brings news about an update to the Seigenthaler Wikipedia defamation case I blogged about recently. In the case, an anonymous individual wrote in Seigenthaler’s Wikipedia entry that Seigenthaler was involved in …
Some of you may have been following the saga of John Seigenthaler, Sr., former aide and friend of the late Robert F. Kennedy, and founder of the First Amendment Center,…
Media Law Prof Blog
What’s Wrong With Wikipedia
When John Seigenthaler found a fake biography about himself on Wikipedia, the massive Internet encyclopedia, maliciously and falsely linking him to the assassinations of John and Robert Kennedy, he tried…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Mondays are tough enough but geez….
It's always great to start off a Monday morning with an email and phone call from a lawyer who says you have defamed him via one of your blog posts…
California Employment Law Update
Employee’s Defamation Claim Was Properly Dismissed, But Court Improperly Instructed Jury On Remaining Claim
By Tony Oncidi
Raghavan v. Boeing Co., 133 Cal. App. 4th 1120 (2005) Krishnan Raghavan sued Boeing for defamation, among other things, based upon a written reprimand that Raghavan received in which he…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Be Careful What You Write — A Wake Up Call for Writers of Law Review Articles
It seems a person may be sued for virtually anything but generally authors of articles in law reviews felt safe that they could express their opinions without fear of litigation. …
Labor Law Prof Blog
Left Dangling in the Winds of Legal Academia?
Inside Higher Ed reports in this article on the quandary University of Oregon law professor Merle H. Weiner finds herself in after publishing an article regarding international domestic violence disputes. …
New Jersey Law Blog
Appellate Court Continues Down Path of Removing Tort of Defamation from Common Interest Community Association
In the context of a contested 2002 election for the condominium's board of trustees, an owner e-mailed a candidate in which she alleged misconduct on that candidate's opponent's behalf. Some…