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Appellate Advocacy Blog
Tips for New Lawyers
Starting your legal career can be an uncertain and stressful time. Below are some tips that can help new lawyers successfully transition from law school to the legal…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
California Extends Defamation Privilege Defenses to Assault, Sexual Harassment, and Workplace Discrimination Complainants
By Publisher, By: Shannon R. Clawson, Christopher W. Olmsted, Charles L. Thompson IV
On October 10, 2023, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill (AB) No. 933. The new law provides further protection to individuals who are victims of sexual offenses and…
Legal Profession Blog
Judicial Privilege
A lawyer against lawyer defamation suit has been dismissed by the United States District Court for the District of ColumbiaThis is a defamation action brought by one lawyer practicing before…
Simple Justice
Does Private Defamation Get Extra Protection If It’s A Matter of Public Concern?
During the height of #MeToo, random stories, true or false, honest or exaggerated or completely fabricated, made the rounds with almost no pushback. After all if you were accused, that…
SDNY Blog
Judge Castel Denies Summary Judgment to Netflix in Defamation Case Over Central Park Five “Docudrama”
In an opinion yesterday, Judge Castel denied a summary judgment motion that sought to dismiss the defamation action brought by former prosecutor Linda Fairstein against Netflix and others over a…
Simple Justice
DuVernay and Netflix Lose Summary Judgment Against Fairstein
Had she not pounded over and over that her “When They See Us” Netflix drama was the truth, not like “the lies they told us,” Ava DuVernay might not be…
Legal Profession Blog
A Matter Of Public Concern
The Minnesota Supreme Court has held that a Facebook post alleging that a dance instructor had sexually assaulted the poster involves a "matter of public concern" and thus is protected…
Chicago Business Litigation Lawyer Blog
Title IX Might Be Forever Changed by Connecticut Supreme Court Decision
By Peter S. Lubin, Patrick Austermuehle
There’s a reason most survivors of sexual assault never report the crime. Many of those who do report it go by Jane Doe to protect their identity and avoid some…
Legal Profession Blog
Hacked
The United States District Court for the District of Columbia (Chief Judge Boasberg) dismissed claims brought by a former Wall Street Journal correspondentJonathan “Jay” Solomon, former chief foreign-affairs correspondent for…
Entertainment Law Resources
Script Annotation
Screenwriters should annotate their scripts to document the source of their work. A careful annotation will help a screenwriter defend against defamation and invasion of privacy lawsuits by showing that…