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Defamation
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Hunton Insurance Recovery Blog
Miami Strip Club Entitled to Coverage for Models’ Defamation Lawsuit
By Michael S. Levine, Geoffrey B. Fehling
A Florida district court recently held that an insurer wrongfully refused to defend a Miami-based strip club in a lawsuit filed by 17 models claiming that the club used their…
Close-Ups
James Woods Avoids Defamation Liability for a Tweet
By Lee S. Brenner, Michael C. Godino
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals recently affirmed the dismissal of a case against actor James Woods over a tweet he posted during the 2016 presidential campaign. Woods, an outspoken…
Religion Clause
SPLC’s “Hate Group” Designation For Christian Ministry For LGBT Views Is Protected By 1st Amendment
In Coral Ridge Ministries Media, Inc. v. Amazon.com, Inc., (MD AL, Sept. 19, 2019), an Alabama federal district court, in an interesting 141-page opinion, dismissed claims by a Christian television…
SDNY Blog
Second Circuit Revives Suit Against Fox News for “Campaign of Emotional Torture” Against Family of Murdered DNC Staffer
Last week, the Second Circuit vacated a decision by Judge Daniels that dismissed a suit against Fox News by the family of DNC staffer Seth Rich (see our coverage of…
Chicago Business Litigation Lawyer Blog
Trading Firm Unable to Sue Regulator For Defamation
By Peter S. Lubin, Patrick Austermuehle
A foreign currency trading firm was implicated in misconduct when a separate company it had traded with was investigated by a regulatory authority. The second company settled the investigation with…
The Trademark Blog
Roy Moore v Sacha Baron Cohen
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Fair and Balanced Reporting Pays Off: Newspapers Avoid Defamation Suits by Sticking to the Truth
Two federal courts recently dismissed defamation claims brought against the New York Times and the Kansas City Star, finding the subject articles employed standard investigative journalism techniques that immunized the…
Lancaster Law Blog
Sticks and Stones May Break My Bones, But Publically Criticizing My Actions as President of the Executive Board Will Never Hurt Me
This is a classic story of a divided association Board. Two Board Members think one way while the third Board Member disagrees. In this case, the two new Board Members…
Chicago Business Litigation Lawyer Blog
New Hampshire Supreme Court Slaps Down Patent Troll’s Defamation Lawsuit
By Peter S. Lubin, Patrick Austermuehle
Automated Transactions LLC (“ATL”), a small patent assertion entity, has collected millions enforcing a portfolio of patents relating to automated teller machines. After being labeled a “patent troll” by a…
Legal Profession Blog
No Liability For Reporting On Law Firm Travails
Litigation arising from the New York Post's reporting on the breakup of a high-profile class action plaintiffs law firm (and an affair between a partner and associate that spawned its…