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Georgia Court Dismisses Defamation Suit Against AI Developer OpenAI
Last month, a Georgia state court granted OpenAI’s motion for summary judgment, dismissing a defamation suit brought by a nationally syndicated radio show host. In the suit, Mark Walters v.…
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When Gossip Becomes Defamation: Liability for Rumors and Their Ripple Effects
By Lee S. Brenner, Darya Kaboli-Nejad
In the age of group chats and rumor mills, telling even one person a damaging rumor can unleash consequences far beyond the intent of the original conversation. But when does…
Labor & Employment Law Blog
Court of Appeal Holds an Employee Cannot Recover Damages for Defamation Related to a Wrongful Termination Claim
By Ian Michalak
The California Court of Appeal issued an important decision clarifying that an employee cannot recover damages for a defamation claim that is derivative of a wrongful termination claim. Defamation causes…
Media & Privacy Risk Report
New Jersey SLAPPs Back: New Jersey Court of Appeals Eradicates Anti-SLAPP Loophole
By Hannah Yozzo, Blaine C. Kimrey
On May 29, 2025, the New Jersey Court of Appeals reversed dismissal in Satz v. Starr, No. A-2785-23, 2025 WL 1522032 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. May 29, 2025), holding…
The Virginia Defamation Law Blog
Juries May Base Verdicts on Defamatory Statements Whether Expressed or Implied
Defamation liability isn’t limited to false statements made in direct and unequivocal terms; liability may also arise out of statements made by inference, implication, or insinuation. If a jury verdict…
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The Libel-Proof Plaintiff
By Lee S. Brenner, Casie Orellana
Who can't recover for defamation even though they may have been libeled? The libel-proof plaintiff. The "libel-proof plaintiff" doctrine provides an independent ground for dismissing a defamation cause of action…
Media Law Prof Blog
Barbas on The Enduring Significance of New York Times v. Sullivan
Samantha Barbas, University of Iowa College of Law, has published The Enduring Significance of New York Times Co. v. Sullivan at the Blog-The Future of Press Freedom: Scholars Series, March…
Cleary IP and Technology Insights
Georgia Court Dismisses Defamation Lawsuit Against OpenAI Over ChatGPT Output
By Angela Dunning, Arminda Bepko
Last week a Georgia state court granted summary judgment in favor of OpenAI, ending a closely watched defamation lawsuit over false information—sometimes called “hallucinations”—generated by its generative AI product, ChatGPT. …
Texas Employment Law Update
Texas Commission on Human Rights Act Does Not Shield Employees from Common Law Tort Claims Made by their Co-workers
The case arose from a dispute involving an SMU professor who alleged she was denied tenure due to discrimination and retaliation. In addition to statutory discrimination and retaliation claims against…
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Questions on Burton
Main Tuesday, May 20, 2025Questions on BurtonMany questions and comments from Gerard's post on Burton:1) Did Hand include the photo in the opinion? And how does that change how we…