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Defamation
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Media Law Journal
Who’s defaming you?
By Steven
Someone defames you anonymously online. Can you find out who it is? Maybe. There are legal avenues to seek a court order that an internet host reveal the identity of…
Media Law Journal
Defamation damages too…
By Steven
A couple of recent cases suggest that the courts are awarding significant sums for defamation even where the publication is very small. This is despite the new rule that says…
Media Law Journal
Not so qualified?
By Steven
The defence of common law qualified privilege applies (to cut short a lot of legal jargon) when someone tells someone something in good faith, believing they need to know it.…
The Virginia Defamation Law Blog
Public Official Fails to Sufficiently Allege CNN Published Story with Actual Malice
On January 21, 2025, the Virginia Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of a defamation case brought by Kashyap Patel, a former official in the Trump administration, against CNN. The…
PrawfsBlawg
Settlement and New York Times v. Sullivan
Main Saturday, January 18, 2025Settlement and New York Times v. SullivanIt is not news that at least three members of SCOTUS (Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch) have shown some desire to at…
Legal Profession Blog
Special Motion To Dismiss Defamation Case Not Warranted
The Massachusetts Appeals Court held that a special motion to dismiss a defamation claim should have been denied and remanded the case for further proceedingsThis case arises from a workplace…
Religion Clause
Ecclesiastical Abstention Doctrine Does Not Apply To Pastor’s Defamation Suit
In Garner v. Southern Baptist Convention, (TN App., Jan. 8. 2025), a Tennessee state appellate court held that the ecclesiastical abstention doctrine does not apply to a defamation suit brought by…
Religion Clause
2nd Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Louis Farrakhan’s Suit Against ADL
In Farrakhan v. Anti-Defamation League, (2nd Cir., Jan. 3, 2025), the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of a suit brought against the Anti-Defamation League by Minister Louis…
California Corporate & Securities Law Blog
Can Delaware Exercise Jurisdiction Over Rupert Murdoch?
In an opinion issued just after Christmas, Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster ruled that a derivative lawsuit may proceed against the directors and officers of Fox Corporation. The plaintiffs are…
Blog | The Law Office of Eric R. Brown
Legal Lessons From Social Media and Defamation
By The Law Office Of Eric R. Brown
As a lawyer interested in making a decent living, I think of social media as the gift that keeps on giving. I feel like I should send Mark Zuckerberg a…