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The IP Law Blog
The Briefing by the IP Law Blog: Netflix Settles Defamation Dispute with Docu Film Subjects
By Scott Hervey
https://youtu.be/xK5NBFHGQlE The subjects of a documentary have dropped their long-standing defamation lawsuit against Netflix and producers. Scott Hervey and Jamie Lincenberg talk about this case on this episode of The Briefing by the IP Law…
Canadian Lawyer Mag
CL Talk: Racism suit against firm, $4.7M defamation award
Listen to our Weekly News Roundup for July 10-14
Canadian Lawyer Mag
Racism suit against firm, $4.7M defamation award
Listen to our Weekly News Roundup for July 10-14
Canadian Lawyer Mag
Ontario Superior Court rejects defamation and negligent misrepresentation claims against physician
Case was filed by the nursing student who accompanied the physician on his rounds
Law Times News
Ontario court hands down $4.7 million judgement against internet troll who defamed HR recruiters
Thought to be largest Canadian defamation award against an individual
The Faculty Lounge
Taboo Trades Podcast: Truth Bounties with Mike Gilbert and Yonathan Arbel
My guests today are my UVA Law colleague, Mike Gilbert, and University of Alabama Professor, Yonathan Arbel. We’re discussing their paper, Truth Bounties: A Market Solution to Fake News, forthcoming…
Religion Clause
Ministerial Exception Applies to Slander, But Not Contract Claims
In Gackenheimer v. Southern New England Conference of the United Church of Christ, Inc., (CT Super., June 29, 2023), a minister who was fired from his position as executive director of…
Paul W. Mollica Federal Courts Blog
Anonymity for Plaintiff Properly Revoked When Litigant Sought Publicity and “Disseminated Sensitive Material” About the Defendant, Holds Tenth Circuit
In Luo v. Wang, No. 22-1200 (10th Cir. July 3, 2023), a rare published opinion about the revocation of a pseudonym in a civil case, the Tenth Circuit affirms the…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Conn Supreme Court Allows Defamation Suit by Defendant in Yale Sexual Assault Case to Go Forward Citing Lack of Procedures in Title IX Hearing
By Tracy Thomas
Aaron Keller, Conn. Justices Nix Absolute Immunity In Yale Hearings, Law360In a stinging high court indictment of Yale University's internal sexual misconduct hearings, the Connecticut Supreme Court on Friday unanimously…
Legal Profession Blog
Absolute Privilege
An absolute privilege protects an attorney who made statements about a non-party in a divorce from defamation, according to a decision of the New York Appellate Division for the Second…