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Libel
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TortsProf Blog
Peggy Sue Got Sued
BBC News reports that Nicholas Cage has filed suit against Kathleen Turner in London's High Court for "defamation, libel and slander" based on a few sentences in her forthcoming autobiography. …
Media Law Prof Blog
That Libel Judgment Against Time
The New York Times calls for the overturning of a libel judgment in favor of Indonesia's former President Suharto.
Media Law Prof Blog
Daily Mail To Pay Libel Costs to Reinstated Police Officer
The Daily Mail will pay £45,000 in costs to a police officer falsely accused of racism, fired from the force, and eventually rehired. Gurpal Virdi's legal saga has played out…
Media Law Prof Blog
Hasselhoff Wins Libel Award From OK! Magazine
Actor David Hasselhoff has won damages and an apology from OK! Magazine over allegations in its July 3 issue that he was "off his face" as the result of drinking…
New Jersey Law Blog
Californian Can Be Sued in NJ for Alleged Libel on Internet
Paul W. Norris, Shareholder and member of Stark & Stark's Litigation Group, was quoted in Friday's New Jersey Law Journal Article, Californian Can Be Sued in NJ for Alleged LIbel…
TortsProf Blog
Updates on Judge’s Libel Claim & Big Dig
A couple of regional updates perhaps of interest generally:Judge Ernest Murphy, who won $2 million in a libel claim against the Boston Herald (recently upheld by the SJC), has had…
TortsProf Blog
Massachusetts SJC Upholds $2M Libel Verdict
A couple of years ago, the Boston Herald published stories critical of Judge Ernest Murphy, including an allegation that he said that a rape victim should "get over it." The…
Media Law Prof Blog
Libel No Longer Criminal in Mexico
Mexican President Felipe Calderon has signed into law a federal bill that decriminalizes libel.
LawSites
Lawyer2Lawyer: Imus and the Law
It's all Imus all the time this week in the media and in the blogosphere. But what does the law have to say about all this? Did Imus commit libel?…
LawSites
The Virginia Law Libel Show
These three videos are funny. They are identified as from the Virginia Law Libel Show, which I assume is this Law Libel show from the University of Virginia.Ch-Check It Out[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5v5cDxdGc0s]The…