Ronen Perry and Tal Zarsky, both of the University of Haifa Faculty of Law, have published Who Should Be Liable for Online Anonymous Defamation? at 82 University of Chicago Law Review Dialogue 162 (2015). Here is the abstract. The paper MORE
Summer Zervos, a season five contestant, accuses Trump of attacking her in a hotel room — and then saying it didn't happen. read more. THR, Esq. Culture Culture THR Online MORE
Klenord Raphael, known as "Shaft," alleges being shafted in $10 million lawsuit. read more. THR, Esq. Business Music Business THR Online MORE
Hilary Young, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Faculty of Law, has published The Canadian Defamation Action: An Empirical Study. This article presents the results of a quantitative study of Canadian defamation law actions, focusing on reported Here is the abstract. MORE
Richard Martineau, who writes for the Journal de Montréal, is suing the media site Ricochet for defamation over a satirical piece, a fake obit that takes his writing to task. MORE
"No one is above the law," writes the judge. read more. THR, Esq. Politics Television Politics THR Online MORE
Alastair Mullis, University of Leeds, School of Law, and Andrew Scott, London Business School, Department of Economics, have published Tilting at Windmills: The Defamation Act 2013 at 77 The Modern Law Review 87 (2014). MORE
By Eriq Gardner A lot of folks think the British are crazy when it comes to defamation, but never insult someone in French. Tags: Decisions Roundup Defamation Web/Tech Two companies, Direct Energie and CNFDI, sued Google because when users entered the company name in the. MORE
defamation Class, please watch the following video. There will be a quiz afterward. “Potato” is the credited response. Remember, it is not which answer is “correct,” but which is the “best” answer. Nevertheless, science author Paul Brodeur reportedly seeks $1m from the producers of American Hustle for their portrayal of his article in the film. source). […]. MORE
A Hawaii federal judge has been asked to toss the director's lawsuit against Melanie Kohler. read more. THR, Esq. Movies Movies THR Online Brett Ratner MORE
A judge concludes that a scene where gun rights advocates were shown in silence to a question was neither false nor carried any harmful implication. read more. THR, Esq. Business Movies Business THR Online MORE
Jeff Todd, Texas State University, San Marcos, Department of Finance and Economics, is publishing Satire in Defamation Law: Toward a Critical Understanding in volume 35 of the Review of Litigation (2016). Though defamation, with its blend MORE
From the BBC: Criminal defamation charges have been dropped against reporter Jonathan Head. who could have been sentenced to years in a Thai prison had he been convicted. Mr. Head, BBC Southeast Asia correspondont, had reported on a case in MORE
52 
Zola Mashariki sued in March, claiming she was terminated while on medical leave for breast cancer treatment. read more. THR, Esq. Television Television Business THR Online BET MORE
Cheung, The University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law, is publishing Defaming by Suggestion: Searching for Search Engine Liability in the Autocomplete Era in Comparative Perspectives on the Fundamentals of Freedom of Expression (Andras Koltay, ed. Anne S. MORE
Zipursky, Fordham University School of Law, is publishing The Monsanto Lecture: Online Defamation, Legal Concepts, and the Good Samaritan in volume 51 of the Valparaiso Law Review (2016). Benjamin C. MORE
The actress says Weinstein cost her a role in the 'Lord of the Rings' trilogy after she rejected his sexual advances. read more. THR, Esq. Movies Movies THR Online Ashley Judd Harvey Weinstein nsfs MORE
Robinson, School of Journalism and Mass Communications, University of South Carolina, has published Libel By the Numbers: The Use of Opinion Polls in Defamation Lawsuits at 51 First Amendment Studies 62 (2018). Eric P. MORE
A judge says that mistakes will be made in the exercise of press freedoms, but lawsuits from public figures must be limited. read more. THR, Esq. Business Business THR Online MORE
Michael Douglas, University of Sydney Faculty of Law, has published ‘Their Evil Lies in the Grapevine Effect’: Assessment of Damages in Defamation by Social Media at 20 Media and Arts Review 367 (2015). The number of cases of defamation by MORE
Melanie Kohler's legal team argues the case raises First Amendment concerns. read more. THR, Esq. Movies Movies Culture Business THR Online MORE
A Florida judge won't assert jurisdiction over Breitbart even if Steve Bannon is a resident. read more. THR, Esq. Business Business THR Online MORE
I received an inquiry asking if Rush Limbaugh calling Sandra Fluke a “slut” would be the proper basis for a defamation claim. In order to have a valid defamation claim you must have: A false statement of fact About the plaintiff That harms the plaintiff’s reputation False Statement [.]. defamation feminismI do not believe it would be. MORE
We previously wrote about a Tennessee district court’s decision holding that a hotel’s inclusion at the top of the 2011 TripAdvisor “Dirtiest Hotels” list constituted hyperbolic opinion and rhetorical exaggeration, and thus was not actionable under Tennessee defamation law. What we might call the ‘Top Ten List/Just a Bit of Hyperbole’ defense is not novel, and was also successfully used at least once before in a California case to defeat defamation claims – See Vogel v. MORE
"No one in our nation is above the law, not even the President," states an amicus brief. read more. THR, Esq. Politics Television Culture Politics THR Online MORE
ABC), in which the meat processor alleges that ABC's reports on its product defamed it and cost it three-quarters of its business The Hollywood Reporter's Eriq Gardner on the first day of the "pink slime" trial (Beef Products Inc. MORE
A federal judge largely rejects a motion for summary judgment reconsideration. read more. THR, Esq. Business Television Music Business THR Online MORE
The deal resolves a dispute over a 2015 cover that said the singer had hit rock bottom. read more. THR, Esq. Music Music THR Online Blake Shelton MORE
An appeals court denies the president's motion for a stay while the appeal plays out. read more. THR, Esq. Business Television Politics Business THR Online MORE
David Rolph, University of Sydney Law School, and Michael Douglas, University of Western Australia Law School, have published Rebel Wilson's Pitch Perfect Defamation Victory at 29 Entertainment Law Review 37 (2018). Few successful defamation plaintiffs are MORE
Eoin O'Dell, Trinity College (Dublin), has published Comparative Defamation and Privacy Law - Irish Perspectives at 40 Dublin University Law Journal 236 (2017). This piece is a review article of Andrew T Kenyon (ed) Comparative Defamation MORE
Burke Ramsey says his reputation has been ruined after a CBS show's experts concluded he killed his sister. read more. THR, Esq. Television Television THR Online MORE
The 'Last Week Tonight' host was within his First Amendment rights to criticize a coal baron and his company, the court found. read more. THR, Esq. Television Television THR Online John Oliver Last Week Tonight With John Oliver MORE
Katherine McKee is being represented by Donald Trump attorney Charles Harder. read more. THR, Esq. Business Television Culture Business THR Online MORE
Here is the recording of my September 5, 2012 webinar on Online Defamation as part of my firm’s IP Webinar series. Defamation VideoIllinois MCLE credit is available for viewing the recording. MORE
The 2nd Circuit rules two UVA fraternity members have plausibly made claims how the story was "of and concerning" them while also accepting a group defamation theory. MORE
Fox News has filed old settlements over O'Reilly's conduct into the public record. The parties go to war over the First Amendment. read more. THR, Esq. Business Television Business THR Online MORE
Ronen Perry, University of Haifa Faculty of Law, and University of Oxford Faculty of Law, and Tal Zarsky, University of Haifa, have published Who Should Be Liable for Online Anonymous Defamation? MORE
From the New York Times: Comedian Dean Obedallah is suing the neo-Nazi website The Daily Stormer for defamation over its statement that Mr. Obeidallah was behind the May 2017 bombing at a stadium in Manchester, England, that killed more than MORE
TRANSCRIPT: I've got a pretty interesting defamation question for you today… Hi, I'm attorney Gordon Firemark, and this is Asked and Answered, where I answer your entertainment law questions, to help you take your career and business to the next level. VIDEO: [link]. MORE
While the later-debunked article about a fraternity gang rape may have made Phi Kappa Psi members look bad, it doesn't amount to defamation. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Business THR Online MORE
Zachary Zaharoff, Independent, has published Defaming the Prince. This Article argues that press outlets should be completely immune from defamation suits initiated by a U.S. The Article presents the current defamation standard for public officials MORE
A judge rules in the publication's favor that Nicole Eramo wasn't defamed by implications in the infamous campus rape story. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Music Culture Business THR Online MORE
Defamation Related Topics Gordon P. Firemark
MARCH 20, 2018
TRANSCRIPT: I've got a pretty interesting defamation question for you today… Hi, I'm attorney Gordon Firemark, and this is Asked and Answered, where I answer your entertainment law questions, to help you take your career and business to the next level. VIDEO: [link].
Media Law Prof Blog
JUNE 6, 2017
Zachary Zaharoff, Independent, has published Defaming the Prince. This Article argues that press outlets should be completely immune from defamation suits initiated by a U.S. The Article presents the current defamation standard for public officials
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
MAY 17, 2018
An appeals court denies the president's motion for a stay while the appeal plays out. read more. THR, Esq. Business Television Politics Business THR Online
Cyberlaw Central
SEPTEMBER 13, 2012
Here is the recording of my September 5, 2012 webinar on Online Defamation as part of my firm’s IP Webinar series. Defamation VideoIllinois MCLE credit is available for viewing the recording.
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
APRIL 30, 2018
The actress says Weinstein cost her a role in the 'Lord of the Rings' trilogy after she rejected his sexual advances. read more. THR, Esq. Movies Movies THR Online Ashley Judd Harvey Weinstein nsfs
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
FEBRUARY 23, 2018
The 'Last Week Tonight' host was within his First Amendment rights to criticize a coal baron and his company, the court found. read more. THR, Esq. Television Television THR Online John Oliver Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
Media Law Prof Blog
JANUARY 9, 2017
Jeff Todd, Texas State University, San Marcos, Department of Finance and Economics, is publishing Satire in Defamation Law: Toward a Critical Understanding in volume 35 of the Review of Litigation (2016). Though defamation, with its blend
Media Law Prof Blog
AUGUST 23, 2017
From the BBC: Criminal defamation charges have been dropped against reporter Jonathan Head. who could have been sentenced to years in a Thai prison had he been convicted. Mr. Head, BBC Southeast Asia correspondont, had reported on a case in
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
SEPTEMBER 19, 2017
The 2nd Circuit rules two UVA fraternity members have plausibly made claims how the story was "of and concerning" them while also accepting a group defamation theory.
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
JANUARY 5, 2018
Burke Ramsey says his reputation has been ruined after a CBS show's experts concluded he killed his sister. read more. THR, Esq. Television Television THR Online
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
OCTOBER 31, 2016
A judge rules in the publication's favor that Nicole Eramo wasn't defamed by implications in the infamous campus rape story. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Music Culture Business THR Online
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
SEPTEMBER 25, 2017
A federal judge largely rejects a motion for summary judgment reconsideration. read more. THR, Esq. Business Television Music Business THR Online
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
APRIL 20, 2018
Katherine McKee is being represented by Donald Trump attorney Charles Harder. read more. THR, Esq. Business Television Culture Business THR Online
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
JANUARY 22, 2018
A Hawaii federal judge has been asked to toss the director's lawsuit against Melanie Kohler. read more. THR, Esq. Movies Movies THR Online Brett Ratner
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
AUGUST 29, 2017
A judge says that mistakes will be made in the exercise of press freedoms, but lawsuits from public figures must be limited. read more. THR, Esq. Business Business THR Online
Media Law Prof Blog
JUNE 11, 2015
Cheung, The University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law, is publishing Defaming by Suggestion: Searching for Search Engine Liability in the Autocomplete Era in Comparative Perspectives on the Fundamentals of Freedom of Expression (Andras Koltay, ed. Anne S.
Media Law Prof Blog
JUNE 5, 2017
ABC), in which the meat processor alleges that ABC's reports on its product defamed it and cost it three-quarters of its business The Hollywood Reporter's Eriq Gardner on the first day of the "pink slime" trial (Beef Products Inc.
Media Law Prof Blog
NOVEMBER 16, 2015
Ronen Perry and Tal Zarsky, both of the University of Haifa Faculty of Law, have published Who Should Be Liable for Online Anonymous Defamation? at 82 University of Chicago Law Review Dialogue 162 (2015). Here is the abstract. The paper
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
MARCH 20, 2018
Fox News has filed old settlements over O'Reilly's conduct into the public record. The parties go to war over the First Amendment. read more. THR, Esq. Business Television Business THR Online
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
SEPTEMBER 19, 2017
"No one in our nation is above the law, not even the President," states an amicus brief. read more. THR, Esq. Politics Television Culture Politics THR Online
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
APRIL 26, 2018
Klenord Raphael, known as "Shaft," alleges being shafted in $10 million lawsuit. read more. THR, Esq. Business Music Business THR Online
Media Law Prof Blog
OCTOBER 20, 2015
Ronen Perry, University of Haifa Faculty of Law, and University of Oxford Faculty of Law, and Tal Zarsky, University of Haifa, have published Who Should Be Liable for Online Anonymous Defamation?
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
JUNE 28, 2016
While the later-debunked article about a fraternity gang rape may have made Phi Kappa Psi members look bad, it doesn't amount to defamation. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Business THR Online
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
JULY 24, 2009
By Eriq Gardner A lot of folks think the British are crazy when it comes to defamation, but never insult someone in French. Tags: Decisions Roundup Defamation Web/Tech Two companies, Direct Energie and CNFDI, sued Google because when users entered the company name in the.
The Legal Satyricon
NOVEMBER 1, 2014
defamation Class, please watch the following video. There will be a quiz afterward. “Potato” is the credited response. Remember, it is not which answer is “correct,” but which is the “best” answer. Nevertheless, science author Paul Brodeur reportedly seeks $1m from the producers of American Hustle for their portrayal of his article in the film. source). […].
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
JANUARY 3, 2018
Melanie Kohler's legal team argues the case raises First Amendment concerns. read more. THR, Esq. Movies Movies Culture Business THR Online
Media Law Prof Blog
APRIL 9, 2018
Zipursky, Fordham University School of Law, is publishing The Monsanto Lecture: Online Defamation, Legal Concepts, and the Good Samaritan in volume 51 of the Valparaiso Law Review (2016). Benjamin C.
Media Law Prof Blog
FEBRUARY 2, 2018
Robinson, School of Journalism and Mass Communications, University of South Carolina, has published Libel By the Numbers: The Use of Opinion Polls in Defamation Lawsuits at 51 First Amendment Studies 62 (2018). Eric P.
Media Law Prof Blog
AUGUST 1, 2016
Michael Douglas, University of Sydney Faculty of Law, has published ‘Their Evil Lies in the Grapevine Effect’: Assessment of Damages in Defamation by Social Media at 20 Media and Arts Review 367 (2015). The number of cases of defamation by
The Legal Satyricon
MARCH 2, 2012
I received an inquiry asking if Rush Limbaugh calling Sandra Fluke a “slut” would be the proper basis for a defamation claim. In order to have a valid defamation claim you must have: A false statement of fact About the plaintiff That harms the plaintiff’s reputation False Statement [.]. defamation feminismI do not believe it would be.
Media Law Prof Blog
JULY 18, 2016
Hilary Young, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Faculty of Law, has published The Canadian Defamation Action: An Empirical Study. This article presents the results of a quantitative study of Canadian defamation law actions, focusing on reported Here is the abstract.
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
JANUARY 17, 2017
Summer Zervos, a season five contestant, accuses Trump of attacking her in a hotel room — and then saying it didn't happen. read more. THR, Esq. Culture Culture THR Online
Media Law Prof Blog
AUGUST 18, 2017
From the New York Times: Comedian Dean Obedallah is suing the neo-Nazi website The Daily Stormer for defamation over its statement that Mr. Obeidallah was behind the May 2017 bombing at a stadium in Manchester, England, that killed more than
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
DECEMBER 12, 2017
Zola Mashariki sued in March, claiming she was terminated while on medical leave for breast cancer treatment. read more. THR, Esq. Television Television Business THR Online BET
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
APRIL 13, 2017
The deal resolves a dispute over a 2015 cover that said the singer had hit rock bottom. read more. THR, Esq. Music Music THR Online Blake Shelton
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
DECEMBER 22, 2017
A Florida judge won't assert jurisdiction over Breitbart even if Steve Bannon is a resident. read more. THR, Esq. Business Business THR Online
Media Law Prof Blog
JANUARY 7, 2017
Richard Martineau, who writes for the Journal de Montréal, is suing the media site Ricochet for defamation over a satirical piece, a fake obit that takes his writing to task.
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
MAY 31, 2017
A judge concludes that a scene where gun rights advocates were shown in silence to a question was neither false nor carried any harmful implication. read more. THR, Esq. Business Movies Business THR Online
New Media and Technology Law
SEPTEMBER 23, 2013
We previously wrote about a Tennessee district court’s decision holding that a hotel’s inclusion at the top of the 2011 TripAdvisor “Dirtiest Hotels” list constituted hyperbolic opinion and rhetorical exaggeration, and thus was not actionable under Tennessee defamation law. What we might call the ‘Top Ten List/Just a Bit of Hyperbole’ defense is not novel, and was also successfully used at least once before in a California case to defeat defamation claims – See Vogel v.
Media Law Prof Blog
JANUARY 13, 2014
Alastair Mullis, University of Leeds, School of Law, and Andrew Scott, London Business School, Department of Economics, have published Tilting at Windmills: The Defamation Act 2013 at 77 The Modern Law Review 87 (2014).
INDUSTRY INSIGHTS YOUR PEERS ARE READING
Let's personalize your content