Topic
Libel
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The IP Law Blog
“Inspired By” Characters in Movies and TV – Defamation Lawsuit As a Spinoff
By Scott Hervey
In the past few years there has been a number of libel claims based on an unfavorable portrayal of a real person in either a television program or motion picture…
MediaWrites
Part 2: Lessons learned from Depp’s Nightmare on Fleet Street
See Part 1, for William Wortley’s analysis of the High Court’s judgment here Johnny Depp may have been forgiven for thinking his time playing Sweeney Todd would be his most…
Pannone Corporate News and Opinion
Case in point: Johnny Depp v The Sun
Melanie McGuirk and Sarah Bazaraa comment on the judgment in the libel case of Johnny Depp v News Group Newspapers Limited. Described as the biggest libel trial of the 21st century,…
PrawfsBlawg
Declaratory judgment of protected speech
Main Saturday, October 24, 2020Declaratory judgment of protected speechThe Lincoln Project erected these billboards in Times Square, suggesting lack of concern about COVID by Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner. Attorney…
Litigation Finance Journal
Libel Suit Emerges Against Cherokee Funding CEO Reid Zeising
By John Freund
Cherokee Funding, an Atlanta-based litigation funder, is on the receiving end of a libel complaint after its CEO allegedly made false statements about her in an email in May of…
The Right Coast
Lawyer for Covington Catholic teen Nick Sandmann threatens CNN and Washington Post | Daily Mail Online
A Kentucky high school student who sued the Washington Post and CNN for portraying him as racist in their coverage of his stand-off with a Native American protester last year…
Chicago Business Litigation Lawyer Blog
Dismissed Members of Board Win Dispute With Chairman in Suit for Libel, Breach of Fiduciary Duty
By Peter S. Lubin, Patrick Austermuehle
After a dispute occurred between Chairman and members of the board of directors of closely held corporation, Chairman removed several members from the board and sued them for civil conspiracy,…
Religion Clause
Tel Aviv Mayor Sues New Transportation Minister For Libel Over Claims About Tefillin Stands
Yeshiva World reported yesterday on a libel lawsuit filed in Israel by Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai against newly-appointed Transportation Minister Miri Regev. The suit, filed in Tel Aviv- Jaffa Magistrate's Court,…
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
Business Owner Can’t Sue For Libel After Angry Customer Updates Old Internet Post
By Peter S. Lubin, Patrick Austermuehle
An angry customer of a luxury car rental service posted comments on an internet message board alleging that the service defrauded him out of payments it owed him for the…