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Comments on Recent Cases: June 2023
By Will Newman
Image credit: https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Federal_grand_jury_indicts_former_US_President_Donald_Trump_in_classified_documents_inquiry#/media/File:Records_stored_in_a_bathroom_at_Mar-a-lago.jpgPart of my work involves reading court decisions to keep abreast of how judges decide the types of cases I handle. Below, I share some thoughts on recent…
Vedder Works
AI “Hallucinations” Can Inflict Real-World Pain
In filing a lawsuit many have dubbed “the first of its kind,” a radio host in Georgia is claiming that OpenAI, the company behind the artificial intelligence chat platform “ChatGPT,”…
King Stubb & Kasiva Insights
Legal Action Against False Allegations
Introduction False allegations, as the name suggests refer to any statement or comment made or any substance claimed against someone without any evidentiary value or known to not be true,…
MediaWrites
Hay v Cresswell: public interest defence succeeds for the first time in a #MeToo case
By Tom Moore
Factual background Ms Cresswell met Mr Hay in a nightclub in May 2010. After leaving the club together, Mr Hay sexually assaulted Ms Cresswell as they were walking home. She…
Canadian Lawyer Mag
ChatGPT faces first lawsuit for defamation
Host accuses AI of making up a "false and malicious" case against him
Legal Profession Blog
Kesha v. Dr. Luke
A decision issued today by the New York Court of AppealsPlaintiff in this defamation suit, Lukasz Gottwald (“Gottwald”), is a music producer known as “Dr. Luke.” Defendant Kesha Rose Sebert…
Texas Anti-Slapp Blog
Lilith Fund Abides – The Austin COA Says Beto's Statements in the Warren Defamation Case are Not Defamatory
By Sean Lemoine
I have yet to write on SCOTX’s Lilith Fund opinion. But Robert Francis O'Rourke, Appellant v. Kelcy Warren, Appellee, No. 03-22-00416-CV, 2023 WL 3914278 (Tex. App.—Austin June 9, 2023, no…
Canadian Lawyer Mag
UK high court junks high-profile defamation case against former Tory MP
Judge slams claimant's "exorbitant approach" to litigation, questions motives behind suit
MediaWrites
Plot twist: Rebekah Vardy registers trade mark ”WAGATHA CHRISTIE” after losing libel case
In May 2022, Vardy lost the defamation trial in the High Court. However, she has now trademarked “WAGATHA CHRISTIE”, raising several legal issues which could have wider implications from an…
Blaneys Appeals
COURT OF APPEAL SUMMARIES (May 29, 2023 – June 2, 2023)
Jump To: Table of Contents | Civil Decisions | Short Civil Decisions Good evening. Following are our summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for…