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The Right Coast
Following CNN-Sandmann settlement, beef erupts between Covington students’ lawyers | Fox News
CNN s decision to settle a multimillion-dollar defamation lawsuit filed by Covington Catholic High School student Nick Sandmann has resulted in a bizarre feud between some of the Covington students' high-powered attorneys.The settlement between…
Close-Ups
Take More Than a New York Minute Before You Re-Tweet
By David E. Fink, Christina M. Nordsten
A recent decision from a United States District Court in New York dismissing a defamation claim against cable television host and national correspondent Joy Reid provides a mixed bag of…
San Antonio Employment Law Blog
Alex Jones and InfoWars Sanctioned
Alex Jones and InfoWars provide a good lesson in how not to conduct a lawsuit. Alex Jones and InfoWars are being sued for making false claims that the Sandy Hook…
Ohio Appellate Insights
Merit Decision: Supreme Court of Ohio Sends Defamation Case back to Appeals Court to Apply Proper Degree of Fault to Claim. Anderson v. WBNS-TV, Inc.
“The question before the court of appeals was whether the trial court erred in holding that the Andersons could not prove the fault element of their defamation claim. The issue…
Chicago Business Litigation Lawyer Blog
Court Finds Politician Entitled to Presuit Discovery Warranted to Identify Author of Allegedly Defamatory Political Flyers
By Peter S. Lubin, Patrick Austermuehle
Politics is an ugly business and campaigns are often littered with smears and negative advertisements. For Joseph J. Tirio, the race for McHenry County Clerk got particularly ugly and resulted…
Close-Ups
Does Elon Musk’s Defamation Defense Verdict Spell “Open Season” for Social Media Insults? Answer: Nope.
On December 6, a federal jury in the Central District of California found that Tesla CEO Elon Musk did not defame cave diver Vernon Unsworth by referring to him in…
Socially Aware Blog
Foreign Companies Can Use 28 U.S.C. § 1782 to Unmask Anonymous Internet Posters
By J. Alexander Lawrence, Geary Choe
A random Twitter account tags a Japanese company and badmouths it in a series of tweets. Because the tweets are tagged, a search of the company’s name on Twitter will…
Religion Clause
Priest Sues Archdiocese Over Inclusion In List of Accused Clergy
A lawsuit was filed last month in a Missouri state trial court by a former priest who claims that the Archdiocese of St. Louis defamed him when it included his…
Media Law Prof Blog
Scottish Parliament To Consider Draft Bill On Defamation
The Scottish Parliament is set to consider a draft Defamation bill, the Defamation and Malicious Publication (Scotland) Bill. The drafters intend to codify the treatment of defamation, which is now "spread…
Chicago Business Litigation Lawyer Blog
Judge Reinstates $250M Defamation Lawsuit Filed against The Washington Post
By Peter S. Lubin, Patrick Austermuehle
A federal judge reversed himself and reinstated part of a defamation lawsuit filed by Covington Catholic High School student Nicholas Sandmann against The Washington Post. The lawsuit alleged that the…