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MediaWrites
Australian Defamation Law Reform Update – New South Wales passes reform bill
What you need to know Australia’s States and Territories are taking steps to implement defamation law reforms. It is anticipated that the reforms will improve the ability of the media…
Musings of Chief Justice Chivenge
DEFAMATION OF CHARACTER
Everyone has the constitutional right to dignity and the common law right to a good reputation. The constitutional right to dignity is wide enough to cover the right to a…
Socially Aware Blog
EDNY Refuses to Dismiss on § 230 Grounds in “Shitty Media Men” Defamation Case
By Aaron Rubin, Andrew Iwanicki
In Elliott v. Donegan, a federal district court in New York held that Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act does not warrant the dismissal of a defamation claim where…
Religion Clause
Negligence Claims Against Anti-Gay Church and Pastor Should Not Be Dismissed Under Anti-SLAPP Law
Fritz v. Jimenez, (CA App., Aug. 18, 2020), is a suit brought by individuals who staged protests against Verity Baptist Church and its pastor Roger Jimenez after Jimenez delivered and posted…
Legal Profession Blog
It Happened At The World Bank
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals applied absolute immunity under the judicial proceedings privilege to affirm the dismissal of a defamation action.The factsAppellant Shinok Park worked under appellee Milan…
Media Law Prof Blog
Alan Dershowitz Says Recent “The Good Fight” Episode Defamed Him
Ron Charles discusses defamation by fiction and Alan Dershowitz's allegation that a fictional lawyer on the tv series The Good Fight defamed him in a recent Jeffrey Epstein-themed episode, "The…
PrawfsBlawg
Sandmann: Bringing the Dream
Main Sunday, August 02, 2020Sandmann: Bringing the DreamNicholas Sandmann settled his defamation action against the Washington Post this week, and he is not done yet.Sandmann's defamation suits arose after several…
Religion Clause
11th Circuit: Shame To Muslim Family From Assault Allegations Allows Woman To Proceed As Jane Doe
In Doe v. Neversome, (11 Cir., July 30, 2020), the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals held that that a Florida federal district court abused its discretion when it refused to…
Texas Anti-Slapp Blog
The Austin COA Crows at Dawn – But this Cock-Up is Far from Over.
By Sean Lemoine
I have literally 30 new TCPA cases sitting in a folder that I could write about, but with the malaise of COVID 19 combined with the statutory change in September…
The Right Coast
Lawyer for Covington Catholic teen Nick Sandmann threatens CNN and Washington Post | Daily Mail Online
A Kentucky high school student who sued the Washington Post and CNN for portraying him as racist in their coverage of his stand-off with a Native American protester last year…