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Libel
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Media Law Prof Blog
The WSJ Weighs In on Britain’s Libel Laws
From the Wall Street Journal: commentary on the Simon Singh verdict.
Media Law Prof Blog
More On Criminal Libel In Colorado
An update in the Weichel (criminal libel) case:Mr. Weichel pled guilty May 14 to two counts of harassment and received four years of probation, a five hundred dollar fine and sixty…
Media Law Prof Blog
Actress Kate Winslet Sues Daily Mail For Libel
Next up: Winslet v. the Daily Mail. Ms. Winslet is suing for defamation over the Daily Mail's contention that she lied about her fitness regime. The offending article carries the…
Media Law Prof Blog
Former Prime Minister’s Son Sues Over Sunday Express Article
Tony Blair's twenty-five-year-old son Euan, an aspiring banker, has launched a lawsuit at the Sunday Express for printing a story about his personal life. The younger Blair says the story…
The Right Coast
If they’re libeling you you’ve got their attention Tom Smith
Herr Doktor Professor Krugman and others are now trotting out the story that the tea parties are "astro-turfing" -- that's slang for phony corporate-paid activism made to look like grass…
Outside Inhouse Lawyer Blog
NY Court of Appeals Gives Example of Clear and Convincing Evidence
By Grace Healy
The New York Court of Appeals issued three interesting decisions this morning. One – a libel case – offers an analysis of “clear and convincing” evidence of actual malice. Often…
Media Law Prof Blog
A Review of Damages
The Guardian's Sam Wollaston notes the return of the U.S. legal drama Damages.
New Media and Technology Law Blog
Will Congress Move to Protect U.S. Speech from Foreign Lawsuits?
With the rough and tumble of the debate over the stimulus legislation starting to wind down, Congress is starting to turn to other subjects. The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Commercial…
The Contingency
“Disingenuous” Gun Nut Loses “Freakonomics” Libel Suit
Some guy -- who we'll refer to as "gun nut" -- claimed that arming potential victims with gats causes violent crime to fall. A best-selling book, Freakonomics (2005), said gun nut may have…
Media Law Prof Blog
Daily Mirror To Pay Damages To Josh Harnett Over Story
The Daily MIrror has agreed that its story about Josh Hartnett's "sexual dalliances" with a mystery woman" in a London hotel are fabricated, and will pay the star of Blackhawk…