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Libel
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Media Law Prof Blog
Collecting a Libel Tourism Judgment
Doug Rendleman, Washington and Lee University School lof Law, has published "Collecting a Libel Tourist’s Defamation Judgment?" forthcoming in the Washington and Lee Law Review. Here is the abstract. A libel plaintiff sued…
West Virginia Business Litigation
Mylan Files Second Lawsuit Against Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
First of all, I hope that all of you have a happy and safe Thanksgiving with your families and loved ones, and take some time to think about who and…
Media Law Prof Blog
More On Libel Tourism
The Guardian's Roy Greenslade on California's libel tourism law.
Media Law Prof Blog
A New Approach to Libel Tourism
Today's Times of London reports that the British government will unveil a proposal to bring under control the ever expanding phenomenon of "libel tourism"--foreigners who bring defamation actions in plaintiff-friendly…
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Calling Someone Homosexual Is Not Defamation Per Se, Judge Rules in Suit by Anna Nicole Smith Lawyer
By Minna Kotkin
Mark HamblettNew York Law Journal A statement that someone is a homosexual is not defamation per se in New York state, a federal judge has ruled. Southern District of New…
TortsProf Blog
A Tweet Tort
A Chicago landlord has sued a tenant for libel based on a "malicious and defamatory" tweet about her apartment to her 20 Twitter followers. ABA Journal and Jonathan Turley both…
Media Law Prof Blog
Media Campaign From Sense About Science Aimed At Changing British Libel Laws
Science journalists and others in the media have begun a massive international campaign to pressure British MPs to modify the libel laws in the wake of the Simon Singh defamation…
Media Law Prof Blog
Kate Beckinsale Wins Damages, Apology, From Daily Express Over “Barbarella” Story
The Daily Express will pay actress Kate Beckinsale twenty thousand pounds in libel damages for publishing a story saying that she "had been dropped" from the remake of the film…
Media Law Prof Blog
Libel Trial Opens Over Conrad Black Biography
Tom Bower, author of a biography of Conrad Black, and Express Newspapers owner Richard Desmond are meeting in court this week. Mr. Desmond is unhappy about statements in Mr. Bower's book…
Media Law Prof Blog
More On Libel Laws In the UK, and the Response of the Congress
From the Guardian's Robert Sharp, a commentary on libel laws in the UK and reaction to the US House of Representatives' passing of a bill intended to protect against the…