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Libel
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Communications, Media & Entertainment
Courts Continue to Agree: Bloggers Have the Same Rights as Traditional Journalists
For the second time this year, a federal court ruled that bloggers and traditional media are on equal footing in libel cases. A Florida District Court dismissed a libel suit…
Mediabeak
Libel season opens: Michelle Keegan v Mirror; Russell Brand v Sun on Sunday; J K Rowling v Daily Mail
By mediabeakmediabeak-blogspot-com
The 2014 Libel season kicks off in style with three separate actions against three tabloids. As revealed by the Huffington Post today the main tabloids account for the majority of…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Top 10 in Law Blogs: Twitter Libel, Changes to NSA Surveillance, Ohio Execution
It's the end of the day on a Friday before a long weekend—yeah, time to get out of the office. But before we do, one more Top 10. And in…
TortsProf Blog
British Libel Law Tightened
Walter Olson at Overlawyered reports that recent reforms tightening British libel law took effect on January 1st. - SBS
Media Law Prof Blog
On the Libel Front
From the Guardian: the British Ministry of Justice has issued proposals that would cut the cost of pursuing libel actions for plaintiffs considerably by ensuring that if they lose, they…
Media Law Prof Blog
Libel Tourism In the Australian Legal Regime
David Rolph, University of Sydney Faculty of Law, has published Splendid Isolation? Australia as a Destination for 'Libel Tourism'at 19 Australian International Law Journal 79 (2012). Here is the abstract.…
TortsProf Blog
Cheerleader Wins Libel Suit Against Website Operator
The National Law Journal reports that a former Cincinatti Bengals cheerleader has won over $300,000 in damages in her libel suit against a website operator based on a third-party's posts…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Libel and the First Amendment in the Iowa Supreme Court
By ConLawProf initials at end of post
It's easy to see how writing and publishing a memoir centering on one's former spouse, especially if the theme is how "Satan (through my ex) set out to destroy my…
Media Law Prof Blog
LVMH CEO Says He Will Sue Newspaper Over Headline
Bernard Arnault, the CEO of LVMH, says he will sue the newspaper Liberation after it published the headline "Casse-toi riche con!" (Get lost, rich jerk!") which accompanied an article discussing his decision to…
Media Law Prof Blog
Elton John Sues Times of London For Libel
Singer Elton John is suing the Times of London for libel over an article that links him to what the paper says is a "scheme" that allows wealthy individuals to…