A Guide to Celebrity Defamation Cases
The highest-profile legal battle, of course, involves It Ends With Us director-actor Justin Baldoni’s defamation suit against ...
Newly released filing reveals Newsmax’s $40 million settlement with Smartmatic
A case involving a conservative media outlet and a voting machine company has been resolved — but a similar case involving ...
Defamation Without a Lie? Exploring ‘Defamation By Implication’
Can a statement that is literally true be defamatory? In his article, Justin Kelton discusses New York’s ...
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Jay-Z files defamation suit against accuser in dropped sex assault case
The rapper says the claims he raped a 13-year-old in 2000 were demonstrably false, yet attorneys for the woman are still ...
Judge finds Mike Lindell in contempt for failing to turn over documents in Smartmatic defamation case
The voting machine company sued Lindell for defamation in 2022, alleging that he lied about the company's role in the 2020 ...
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Wikipedia’s Loophole Permitting Anti-Religious Bias: Is There a Way to Level the Playing Field?
As covered in recent articles in this series, religions are particularly prone to misrepresentation in Wikipedia. The platform wields tremendous power to spread false and defamatory information ...
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‘Price of speaking out: Why Ntsiki Mazwai’s judgment is unfair’
The recent court decision allowing DJ Euphonik to seize Ntsiki Mazwai’s assets is a glaring example of how unfair SA’s ...
Judge signals he may dismiss NY Times from $400 million Baldoni-Lively defamation case
A judge on Tuesday signaled he may dismiss the New York Times as a defendant in a $400 million defamation lawsuit where the ...
Drake’s Lawyers Cite Kendrick’s Halftime Show in Defamation Lawsuit Over ‘Not Like Us’
Drake’s lawyers cited Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl halftime show in his defamation lawsuit against Universal Music Group over ...
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Can the Media’s Right to Pursue the Powerful Survive Trump’s Second Term?
For example, it falsely stated that students ... if the burden of proof in a defamation case had still rested with the defendant, and if even honest mistakes had remained punishable under the ...