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PrawfsBlawg
SSRN succumbs to a cease and desist letter
Main Saturday, February 12, 2022SSRN succumbs to a cease and desist letterTulane law professor Ann Lipton wrote an important article called Capital Discrimination, and it was accepted by the Houston…
The Faculty Lounge
Read Ann Lipton’s Canceled Paper
Professor Ann Lipton, of Tulane Law School, wrote a paper, Capital Discrimination, which was accepted for publication in the Houston Law Review and posted to SSRN. As Ann explains over…
The Right Coast
As Sarah Palin vs NY Times libel trial continues, central arguments come into focus (Update) HotAir
Former NY Times editor James Bennet, the man who wrote the false claims about Sarah Palin s connection to the 2011 Tuscon shooting, has been testifying in the libel trial…
Chicago Business Litigation Lawyer Blog
Sarah Palin Defamation Trial against New York Times Delayed after Palin Tests Positive for COVID-19
By Peter S. Lubin, Patrick Austermuehle
Former Alaska Governor and vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s much-anticipated defamation trial against the New York Times was set to begin in federal court, but was rescheduled at the last minute…
PrawfsBlawg
New York Times v. Sullivan as Historical Analogue
Main Tuesday, February 08, 2022New York Times v. Sullivan as Historical AnalogueCharles W. "Rocky" Rhodes and I have posted to SSRN the third piece in our series on SB8--Solving the…
Simple Justice
Seaton: Cheering Away Jerry’s Innocence
“I feel like our job as a group of documentarians trying to cover this very delicate issue was to do what we’re always trying to do, which is tell the…
TortsProf Blog
Arbel on Defamation
Yonathan Arbel has posted to SSRN A Status Theory of Defamation. The abstract provides:Defamation law occupies a privileged position in our constitutional order. Despite grave First Amendment concerns, courts around the…
Canadian Lawyer Mag
Damages award reduced from $500,000 to $50,000 in Manitoba defamation case
Defamation awards not normally so high; defendant's conduct didn't warrant punitive damages
Chicago Business Litigation Lawyer Blog
Palin’s Libel Lawsuit Is a Litmus Test for the First Amendment
By Peter S. Lubin, Patrick Austermuehle
Palin’s lawsuit against The New York Times alleges the newspaper defamed her in an editorial it published that incorrectly linked Palin’s own political rhetoric with a mass shooting that took…
Litigation Finance Journal
Billionaire Leon Black Accuses Co-Founder of Malicious Smear Campaign
By John Freund
Is Josh Harris, co-founder of Apollo Global Management, engaged in a plot to take down his former partner? Leon Black thinks so. He’s currently fighting a civil claim from his…