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On Brief: Iowa's Appellate Blog
Esquire magazine seeks new hearing on Eighth Circuit defamation ruling involving Iowa dairy farm
By Rox Laird
The publisher of Esquire magazine is asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit to reconsider its Sept. 15 panel ruling that the magazine published potentially defamatory statements…
Chicago Business Litigation Lawyer Blog
Federal Court Dismisses Michael Avenatti’s Defamation Suit against Fox News
By Peter S. Lubin, Patrick Austermuehle
A federal District Court recently dismissed the defamation claims filed by embattled attorney Michael Avenatti against Fox News and several of its anchors. In its decision, the District Court found…
Religion Clause
Defamation Suit Filed By Prominent Pastor Against Former Southern Baptist Ethics Commission Head
Suit was filed this week in a Tennessee federal district court by Michael Stone, a prominent Southern Baptist pastor of a congregation in Georgia, against Russell Moore, former head of…
Legal Profession Blog
Public Defender Defamation Suit Remanded
A public defender who had sued the ACLU for an allegedly defamatory blog post is a public figure under the New York Times v. Sullivan standard, according to a recent…
All Things Canada
Egregious Contempt Punished Severely
A. Introduction In Paramount Fine Foods v Johnston,[1] the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (the “Court”) sentenced the defendant, Kevin J. Johnston (“Johnston”), to 18 months in prison for six…
Broadcast Law Blog
Defamation by Tweet – Court Case Reminds Broadcasters to Take Cease and Desist Requests about Attack Ads Seriously
A recent controversial court of appeals decision on a defamation claim brought by Congressman Devin Nunes sends a signal to broadcasters about the care they need to give to reviewing…
All About Advertising Law
Sticks and Stones May Break Your Competitor, But Protests May Be Protected
By Lee S. Brenner, Leonard L. Gordon, Venable LLP
The first rule of comparative advertising has always been that you can say pretty much whatever you want so long as you don’t lie. But there is a new wrinkle—don’t…
New York Attorney Malpractice Blog
Statements Were Pertinent to the Action
Gill v. Doubherty, 2020 NY Slip Op 06758 [188 AD3d 1008] November 18, 2020 Appellate Division, Second Department is a reversal of Supreme Court’s denial of a CPLR 3211 motion.…
Kirakosian Law Blog
$21,000,000 Business Defamation Judgement: Ice-Cube, BIG3 Basketball League
What a privilege it was to work with Ice Cube and his BIG 3 Basketball league in their defamation lawsuit against the Champions League in which we were able to…
School Law
CAS Legal Mailbag Question of the Week – 10/7/2021
Dear Legal Mailbag: Some irate parents are taking the concept of shooting the messenger to new heights. As a middle school principal, I certainly had nothing to do with the…