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Defamation
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Chicago Business Litigation Lawyer Blog
Trump Sues Cohen for Allegedly Telling Lies About Him
By Peter S. Lubin, Patrick Austermuehle
Donald J. Trump is already facing dozens of criminal charges for allegedly falsifying business records and misusing campaign funds in an alleged attempt to influence the 2016 presidential election. Yet…
Legal Profession Blog
Annulled Conviction Renders Campaign Statement False
The New Hampshire Supreme Court has reinstated a dismissed defamation action and reversed summary judgment in an action brought for statements contained in a flyer in a political campaignThe record…
Legal Profession Blog
Smartmatic v. Powell
The United States District Court for the District of Columbia (Judge Carl Nichols) will permit Smartmatic leave to amend its complaint against Sidney Powell to establish jurisdiction with respect to…
@theBar
The Rise of Deepfakes: Navigating Legal Challenges in Synthetic Media
Post Authored By: Natalie Elizaroff You may think you can trust your eyes and ears, but with the rise of deepfakes, it is becoming increasingly difficult to discern reality from…
Media Law Prof Blog
Rauch on Defamation as Democracy Tort @Harvard_Law @PennLRev
Daniel Rauch, Harvard Law School, is publishing Defamation as Democracy Tort in volume 172 of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review. Here is the abstract.Times v. Sullivan sets a striking…
PrawfsBlawg
Preclusion in the news (Update)
Main Tuesday, May 16, 2023Preclusion in the news (Update)In his CNN-sponsored political rally, held the day after a jury found him liable to E. Jean Carroll for sexual abuse and…
Chicago Business Litigation Lawyer Blog
Substantial Truth is a Defense to a Libel or Defamation Claim in Illinois
By Peter S. Lubin, Patrick Austermuehle
A defamation claim should be dismissed under the “substantial truth” defense where the “gist” or “sting” of the allegedly defamatory material is true.” Harrison v. Chicago Sun-Times, Inc., 341 Ill.App.3d…
Simple Justice
And A Cat Named “Vagina”
Dr. SJ stayed yelled at the TV, at Kaitlin Collins. “Say something.” And she tried, to no avail. Whether it was because she wasn’t up to the task or it…
Simple Justice
Due Process? Trump Got It, Good and Hard
Little Marco’s reaction was the best he could muster. “That jury’s a joke.” On the contrary, it was every bit as valid a verdict as it would have been had…
Media Law Prof Blog
McKechnie on Defaming the President @AF_Academy
Douglas B. McKechnie, US Air Force Academy, is publishing Defaming the President in volume 49 of the Mitchell Hamline Law Review (2023). Here is the abstract.Former President Trump has a…