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Chicago Business Litigation Lawyer Blog
New York Court Rules that Insulting Online Review is Not Defamatory
By Peter S. Lubin, Patrick Austermuehle
Freedom of speech and defamation law are sometimes in tension with each other. Freedom of speech holds that people should be free to say what they want without fear of…
SDNY Blog
Judge Kaplan Rejects Justice Department’s Attempt to Intervene on Trump’s Behalf in Defamation Suit
By Jason Meade, Charles Michael
In an opinion Tuesday, Judge Kaplan denied the Justice Department's motion to substitute the United States for Donald Trump as the defendant in a defamation suit against the president in…
Socially Aware Blog
S.D.N.Y. Dismisses Defamation Case Arising Out of “Battle by Tweet”
By Jackie Li, Aaron Rubin
In Ganske v. Mensch, a defamation suit stemming from a “battle by Tweet,” a federal district court in New York held that the allegedly defamatory statements in the defendant’s Tweet…
Media Law Prof Blog
Arbel on Slicing Defamation by Contract @ProfArbel
Yonathan A. Arbel, University of Alabama School of Law, has published Slicing Defamation by Contract at Chicago Law Review Online (2020). Here is the abstract.In considering the problem of fake…
PrawfsBlawg
Declaratory judgment of protected speech
Main Saturday, October 24, 2020Declaratory judgment of protected speechThe Lincoln Project erected these billboards in Times Square, suggesting lack of concern about COVID by Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner. Attorney…
Close-Ups
Demonstrating the Strength of the “Opinion Defense,” Rose McGowan Defeats Defamation Suit
By Lee S. Brenner, Rachel Richards
Well known for their highly publicized interactions with the legal system, Rose McGowan and her former defense attorney Jose Baez faced off this year over conflict of interest allegations in…
TortsProf Blog
Arbel on Slicing Defamation by Contract
Yonathan Arbel has posted to SSRN Slicing Defamation by Contract. The abstract provides:In considering the problem of fake news, many debate the merits of expanding media liability through the tort…
Close-Ups
D.C. District Court Decries Vague Assertion of Damages
The District of Columbia Circuit Court recently dismissed attorney John Szymkowicz’s defamation lawsuit against the author of the website “Legal Profession Blog,” finding that Szymkowicz failed to demonstrate that his…
eDiscovery Bytes
Seeking Data from an Anonymous User? Here’s the Four Factor Test You’ll Need to Pass.
In Rich v. Butowsky, issued earlier this week, Magistrate Judge Ryu of the Northern District of California denied Twitter’s motion to quash a third party subpoena seeking data from an anonymous…
PrawfsBlawg
Tucker Carlson: Not to be Treated as Making Factual Statements (in Former Model’s Defamation Case)
Main Sunday, October 04, 2020Tucker Carlson: Not to be Treated as Making Factual Statements (in Former Model's Defamation Case)In McDougal v. Fox News Network, 2020 WL 5731954 (Sept. 24, 2020),…