Judge dismisses Virginia lieutenant governor's libel suit against CBS - Washingt

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Feds take over defense in libel suit against Trump

Tuohey did not elaborate, but another filing by DOJ lawyers pointed to five cases where defamation suits against federal officials have been handled as suits against the government....

Defense Against Libel – Contending for the Faith

Defense Against Libel In the 1960s and early 1970s many young seeking Christians throughout the United States were privileged to hear a fresh speaking of the gospel of Christ through the...

Defamation

between libel (written, printed, posted online, published in mass media) and slander (oral... Defamation against a legal person in general Insult against a legal person in general Acts...

United States defamation law

civil libel liability is constitutional. Defenses to libel that can result in dismissal... defense against a libel charge, breaking with English precedent under which the truthfulness of...

Johnny Depp loses libel case against British tabloid - Los Angeles Times

2, 2020 Updated 4:48 AM PT LONDON — A British court ruled Monday against Johnny Depp in his libel case against the owner of the Sun tabloid, which labeled the Oscar-nominated actor a...

On Libel And The Law, U.S. And U.K. Go Separate Ways : Parallels

4-Minute Listen ; This Sunday, HBO is airing the documentary Going Clear, about the Church of Scientology, to strong reviews. The nonfiction book on which the film is based was short-listed for the National Book Award. ; Yet there have been serious challenges to releasing the film and the book in the U.K. That's because Britain does not have the same free speech protections as the United States. ; As with many other works of investigative journalism, publishing Going Clear in the U.K. could expose the authors to a much more serious risk of lawsuits than they face in the U.S.

NYT's Libel Defense: No Need for Opinion/Fact Labeling | RealClearPolitics

Sullivan was an important victory for civil rights and it established broad protections against libel lawsuits that have protected generations of journalists. Today, the Times finds itself...

Libel: Meaning, How to Prove, vs. Slander

Pure opinions, true statements, and some criticism of public figures may be protected against claims of libel. Slander, a similar legal concept, involves defamatory speech that is not...

Judge throws out George Zimmerman’s libel suit against NBC

A Sanford judge today put an end to George Zimmerman’s libel suit against NBC Universal. Circuit Judge Debra S. Nelson ruled that the former Neighborhood Watch volunteer is entitled to no mon…