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Defamation
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The Right Coast
Nightmare at Oberlin | Power Line
Things haven t gone well for Oberlin College in court recently. First, it was found liable for defaming Gibson s Bakery. After the bakery s owner tried to stop a…
MediaWrites
Australian Media Reform Report
In these unprecedented times, 2020 has already been a year of unprecedented change in the Australian media law landscape. Keeping track of the breadth of proposed reform is a challenging…
Media Law Prof Blog
Tilley on (Re)Categorizing Defamation @CristinaTilley
Cristina Tilley, University of Iowa College of Law, is publishing (Re)Categorizing Defamation in volume 94 of the Tulane Law Review (2020). Here is the abstract.This Article makes a tort-based argument…
Media Law Prof Blog
Tilley on (Re)Categorizing Defamation @CristinaTilley
Cristina Tilley, University of Iowa College of Law, is publishing (Re)Categorizing Defamation in volume 94 of the Tulane Law Review (2020). Here is the abstract.This Article makes a tort-based argument…
MediaWrites
Supreme Court defamation decision rules on public interest and judicial bias
By Alex Grigg
In an extraordinary judgment, Serafin v Malkiewic, the Supreme Court has ordered a retrial of a Defamation case concerning a Polish businessman. Due to a judge at first instance who…
Chicago Business Litigation Lawyer Blog
Summary Judgment Denied in Defamation Case Between Disgruntled Client and Former Attorney Over Yelp Review
By Peter S. Lubin, Patrick Austermuehle
After a disgruntled client posted a review on Yelp page of his former attorney, and the attorney responded, the attorney sued the client for defamation. The client responded by filing…
Paul Porvaznik – Business Litigator
Federal Court Examines Illinois’ Savings Clause, Job-Related Per Se Defamation in Warring Yelp.com Posts
Shortly after their business relationship imploded, the parties in Levin v. Abramson, 2020 WL 249649, brought dueling defamation claims in Federal court premised on March 2017 Yelp posts by the…
Legal Profession Blog
Steele Dossier SLAPP
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of claims brought by plaintiffs alleging defamation in the Steele DossierAppellants challenge an order of the Superior Court which granted…
Privacy World
Can’t Have it Both Ways: Court Strikes Down Defamation Claims After Plaintiff Says Furnishers Weren’t Furnishing Information (But Lets FCRA Claims Through on Permissible Purpose Grounds)
By Angelo Carosio, Squire Patton Boggs
A recent decision from the Western District of Kentucky wound its way through a maze of permissible purposes and reasonable beliefs, with a detour into defamation claims, ultimately striking half…
Religion Clause
Abortion Rights Groups Sues For Defamation
A lawsuit was filed last week in a Texas state trial court by an abortion rights group charging Right To Life East Texas and its director with defamation. The complaint…