“Only verifiable statements of fact can be libelous.” So sayeth New York Supreme Court Justice Alice Schlesinger in rejecting a defamation claim brought by Sandals resort against an anonymous critic.
Amanda Bonnen had 20 followers on her Twitter account. On May 12, she tweeted, “… Who said sleeping in a moldy apartment was bad for you? Horizon realty thinks it’s
By J. DeVoy I have no issue with feminists. In this classic case of taking it too far, however, certain women have descended upon bloggers I frequently read and link to
The plaintiff in this case belonged to a cult that has a practice of placing men on a “shun list” in order to convince them to give their wives a
A New Jersey plaintiff sued the local democratic party for circulating flyers that mentioned the opposing candidate’s criminal record. The plaintiff was under the impression that the flyers were defamatory,
Kim Kardashian claims that some doctor who invented the “cookie diet” used her name to endorse the product without her permission. (source). She tweets that the diet is “unhealthy” and
Same old story. Consumer goes to a car dealership. Consumer is unhappy with how he is treated at car dealership. Consumer bitches about car dealership on the internet. Car dealership
By J. DeVoy First addressed by Eugene Volokh, the Tennessee Court of Appeals recently affirmed the lower court’s dismissal of the plaintiffs’ claims in a group libel case because they
We got a pile of frivolous, stupid, and unsupportable lawsuits out of Sacha Baron Cohen’s Borat. Cohen’s latest, Brüno, might just mar Cohen’s record. It seems, if the allegations are
This just in, you guys: a person can’t actually be a douchebag! Breaking Freaking News! Someone get that Drudge Report Siren up. Done! This is totally news to me, because
by Jason Fischer One of the chores inherent in the practice of law is that one has to read a lot of really REALLY dry court opinions. It’s always nice
Probably not, but I have seen no documents to disprove these charges. On the other hand, Stalin’s grandson filed a defamation suit because people said bad things about his grandpa.
