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Elon Musk Faces Defamation Lawsuit Over Twitter Comments
By Peter S. Lubin, Patrick Austermuehle
Most of us have become accustomed to the idea of saying just about anything on social media without having to face any real consequences for our words, but Elon Musk…
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Three Media Corporations Avoid Defamation Liability in Suit Brought by Joseph Arpaio
By Lee S. Brenner, Shantel H. Asada
The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia recently dismissed a case against three media corporations – CNN, Rolling Stone, and HuffPost – and several employees of those corporations…
Tort Talk
Latest Appellate Decision on Defamation-Type Claims
In the case of Meyers v. Certified Guar. Co. LLC, 2019 Pa. Super. 316 (Pa. Super. Oct. 18, 2019 Murray, J., Strassburger, J., and Pelligrini, J.) (Op. by Pellegrini, J.),…
Chicago Business Litigation Lawyer Blog
Father of Slain 6 Year Old Wins Defamation Lawsuit Against Sandy Hook Conspiracy Theorist
By Peter S. Lubin, Patrick Austermuehle
Jared Pozner, who lost his 6-year-old son, Noah, in the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012, has had to deal with attacks from everyone from the hosts…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Lesson Learned From Suit Against Blogger and Blog Network : Have Insurance
The Recorder’s Karen Sloan reported this week that an attorney-discipline blogger and a blog network owned by Pepperdine Law’s dean were hit with a defamation suit. “The lawsuit was filed…
The Right Coast
Claims Royals ‘pressured’ U.S. network to drop Epstein story | Nine News Australia – YouTube
Leaked footage released by conservative web site Project Veritas of U.S. ABC journalist Amy Robach's off-air rant has led to allegations that the Royals pressured the television network to drop…
Red Notice Law Journal
South Korea’s defamation laws and INTERPOL- an example of cultural differences between INTERPOL member countries
INTERPOL assists in locating and extraditing people wanted for prosecution or to serve sentences in criminal cases. Matters of a civil nature are not matters within the scope of INTERPOL's…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Another Defamation Lawsuit Against Trump Connected to Sexual Misconduct
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of LawIn a 28 page complaint filed in New York state courts opening the case Carroll v. Trump, E. Jean…
@theBar
Wait, What Did He Just Say? Countersuits in Medical Malpractice Cases
Post Authored by Alexandra M. Verven Imagine you’re a physician on the receiving end of a medical malpractice lawsuit. You’ve been served with a complaint, supported by a 2-622 written…
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Put Your Hands Together for the First Amendment: Satin Dolls Dancer Loses Defamation Suit Against <em>Daily News</em>
On July 10, 2019, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania dismissed with prejudice a defamation and false light lawsuit filed by a dancer at a…