Search all posts
-
Most Recent Posts
Sites of Interest
Tag Archives: defamation lawsuits
Defamation: Gawker, freedom of the press, & big jury verdicts
A few days ago I responded to a Q by a friend of mine. He asked why HuffingtonPost articles were dominated by lists. What was this thing with lists? I felt ever so hip when I told him that, yeah, … Continue reading
Posted in Law, suits and order, The filthy rich
Tagged appeals from jury verdicts, appellate courts reduce jury verdicts, bankruptcy, defamation lawsuits, First Amendment press freedom, freedom of the press, invasion of privacy lawsuits, jury verdicts, privacy lawsuits
Comments Off on Defamation: Gawker, freedom of the press, & big jury verdicts
More on the Cosby defamation lawsuit(s)
Four more women who say they were sexually assaulted by Bill Cosby are said to be ready to sue the entertainer for defamation because they say his representatives characterized their accounts as fiction. Source: Cosby Defamation Suit: Four Women Said … Continue reading
Posted in Law, suits and order
Tagged defamation lawsuits
Comments Off on More on the Cosby defamation lawsuit(s)
What is defamation? Yelp and a PTA member
I just posted the news that Shirley Sherrod settled her defamation case against (dead) Andrew Breitbart. So it’s timely to offer a couple of other new defamation cases. As if I were waiting for the opportunity… Both new cases demonstrate … Continue reading
Posted in Law, suits and order
Tagged defamation lawsuits, internet defamation
Comments Off on What is defamation? Yelp and a PTA member