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Defamation
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Religion Clause
Defamation Action By Bishop In Russian Orthodox Church Survives Motion To Dismiss
In Belya v. Metropolitan Hilarion, (SD NY, May 19, 2021), a New York federal district court refused to dismiss a defamation complaint by a leader of the Russian Orthodox Christian Church…
Chicago Business Litigation Lawyer Blog
Illinois Supreme Court Clarifies Statute of Limitations in Defamation Actions
By Peter S. Lubin, Patrick Austermuehle
On March 18, the Illinois Supreme Court issued a much awaited opinion finding that private investigator Paul Ciolino’s defamation lawsuit against Chicago attorney Terry Ekl among others was not filed…
Media Law Prof Blog
Angelo on The Real Cost of Fake News: Smartmatic’s $2.7 Billion Defamation Lawsuit Against Fox News
Michael Conklin, Angelo State University, has published The Real Cost of Fake News: Smartmatic’s $2.7 Billion Defamation Lawsuit Against Fox News. Here is the abstract.On February 4, 2021, voting machine…
Law Times News
Narcissism of small differences: A defamation-law lesson from Trump’s 2020 election fraud claims
If you are going to be sued for defamation, you want to be sued in the U.S., says David Salter
Simple Justice
Prosecutors And Bad Press
Anybody crying over an elected prosecutor getting bad press? One person is, and that’s the prosecutor. Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby. @FOXBaltimore’s blatantly slanted,dishonest,misleading,racist, and extremely dangerous coverage must come…
Allens Insights
InIP: Fake online reviews
By Allens
Recent decisions offer useful guidance 3 min read Ever wanted to get back at the author of that fake one-star review? Turns out you're not the only one. There has…
Lawyers on Strike
Ke$ha Redux Redux
By John Regan
“It goes on, Judah!” Apparently someone important was reading over here and picked up on the fact – which only we seemed to find significant at the time – that…
Legal Profession Blog
A Message To Lady Gaga
The New York Appellate Division for the First Judicial Department has sustained the viability of a defamation claim brought by a prominent music producer ("Dr. Luke") against a former clientKesha's…
Bill Madden's Blog
Defamatory statement injunctions + medical treatment.
By Bill Madden
CD v FG [2021] NSWSC 300 (available on BAILII) arose against the background of earlier AVO proceedings in the Local Court of NSW, which were terminated with consent orders that…
PrawfsBlawg
Bad state action arguments (Updated)
Main Monday, April 19, 2021Bad state action arguments (Updated)MyPillow, facing a billion-dollar defamation lawsuit by Dominion Voting Systems over Mike Lindell's post-election nuttery, has sued Dominion (note: It is a…