Topic
Defamation
2,140 published works
Commercial Litigation Update
Punching Bag or Counterpuncher: Responses to a Frivolous Lawsuit
By Anthony Argiropoulos, William (Bill) Gibson
Congratulations. You’ve been sued in court in New Jersey. To make matters worse, the complaint is full of lies. Not distorted versions of the truth or someone’s interpretation of events…
California Employment Law Update
Employee Entitled To $17.2 Million For Wrongful Termination/Defamation
By Tony Oncidi
King v. U.S. Bank Nat’l Ass’n, 52 Cal. App. 5th 728 (2020) Timothy King sued his former employer for defamation, wrongful termination in violation of public policy, and breach of…
SDNY Blog
Judge Vyskocil: Tucker Carlson’s “Extortion” Jab Was Hyperbole, Not Defamation
In an opinion today, Judge Vyskocil granted Fox News's motion to dismiss a defamation claim centered on an episode of Tucker Carlson Tonight. In the episode, Carlson was responding to…
The Right Coast
Newsweek Forced To Issue Major Retraction After It Smears Amy Coney Barrett, Claims She Belongs To Sect That Inspired The Handmaids Tale | The Daily Wire
Newsweek magazine has issued a major correction to an article smearing potential Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, accusing the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals judge of belonging to a…
Inside Privacy
English High Court Awards Damages for Quasi-Defamation Data Claim
The English High Court has recently awarded damages in a data privacy case, with two features of particular interest. First, the nature of the claim is more reminiscent of a…
The Right Coast
Dershowitz Sues CNN For $300,000,000 In Defamation Action JONATHAN TURLEY
Alan Dershowitz just filed a whale of a lawsuit against CNN, though it could end up beached in short order under controlling case law. The Harvard Law professor emeritus is…
Media Law Prof Blog
From the Law Commission of Ontario: Defamation Law in the Internet Age: Final Report (2020) @LCO_CDO
The Law Commission of Ontario has published Defamation Law in the Internet Age: Final Report (March 2020).This is the Final Report of the Law Commission of Ontario’s (LCO’s) Defamation Law…
The Right Coast
Nick Sandmann: ACLU Official Attacks University for Accepting ‘Provocateur in Training’ | National Review
An ACLU Kentucky communications associate criticized Transylvania University on Saturday for accepting Nick Sandmann, the high school student who sued major news outlets for their coverage of a controversial interaction…
PrawfsBlawg
Upcoming 2020 Victor Schwartz Lecture in Torts: Modernizing Defamation Law
Main Tuesday, September 01, 2020Upcoming 2020 Victor Schwartz Lecture in Torts: Modernizing Defamation LawI am honored to be giving the 2020 Victor Schwartz Lecture in Torts at the University of…
PrawfsBlawg
Palin lawsuit against New York Times continues
Main Saturday, August 29, 2020Palin lawsuit against New York Times continuesSarah Palin sued The Times over an editorial describing a link between the shooting of Gabby Giffords and Palin's PAC's…