Archived Pages

▼
Showing posts with label defamation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label defamation. Show all posts
Friday, September 12, 2025

Greenberg: 'Why American Libel Law Is a Disaster'

›
My friend and colleague Dan Greenberg , a senior research fellow at the Cato Institute , has penned an editorial in which he explains "...
Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Court's pass on Wynn bid to revisit 'actual malice' makes sense, but standard still fuels misinformation

›
Wynn operates the Encore Casino in Everett, Mass., since a dust-up with authorities over ownership. Holiday Point via Flickr CC BY 2.0 The...
Thursday, September 5, 2024

In 'Baywatch' case, court ponders discovery rule for models' tort claims over ads posted on Facebook

›
Models suing an adult entertainment club occasioned the high court of Massachusetts to ponder the problem of social media and the statute of...
Wednesday, March 27, 2024

Free torts textbook ready for academic year 2024-25

›
TORTZ: A Study of American Tort Law is complete and revised for the coming academic year 2024-25. The two-volume textbook is posted for fr...
Thursday, March 7, 2024

UK anti-SLAPP bill takes fire

›
The United Kingdom has an anti-SLAPP bill on the table, and lawyer Gideon Benaim has cataloged objections. In broad strokes, the bill foll...
Wednesday, January 24, 2024

TORTZ volume 2 unpacks duty, causation, damages, introduces nuisance, defamation, privacy

›
Tortz volume 2 is now available for affordable purchase from Lulu.com and for free PDF download from SSRN . Tortz volume 2 follows up vol...
Wednesday, May 17, 2023

Mass., EU courts wrestle with requisite harm in defamation, data protection cases

›
The vexing problem of proof of damages in defamation and privacy has turned up recently in the Massachusetts Court of Appeals and the Court ...
Friday, May 12, 2023

German court protects political satire in 'fake interview'

›
Katrin Göring-Eckardt Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung CC BY-SA 2.0 In August 2022, a German court rejected a politician's claim that a satiric ...
Tuesday, April 18, 2023

Dominion v. Fox News evidences 'actual malice,' also shows how standard has fueled misinformation

›
(UPDATE, April 18, at 5:17 p.m.: NBC News reported a half hour ago that Dominion and Fox News reached a $787.5m settlement.) CBS Sunday Mor...
Friday, April 14, 2023

South African court upholds common law abuse of process as defense in prototypical anti-enviro SLAPP

›
Petitioners demand EU anti-SLAPP legislation in 2022. Ekō via Flickr CC BY 2.0 The Constitutional Court of South Africa upheld the use of...
Saturday, January 1, 2022

Code might inevitably regulate journalism in digital age

›
The U.K. Information Commissioner's Office is working on a "journalism code of practice" to legislate against defamation and ...