Media did not libel hero in Olympics bombing coverage
Clara Hogan Feature July 27, 2011Reporters at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution did not libel a security guard, who was at first hailed as a hero after the 1996 bombing at Centennial Olympic Park, when...
View ArticleDominican sugar executives are public figures, court rules
Chris Healy Feature December 13, 2011Two sugar-cane plantation owners from the Dominican Republic must satisfy a higher standard reserved for public figures if they are to prevail in a libel suit...
View ArticleGeorgia's highest court won't review Jewell libel case
Andrea Papagianis Feature January 11, 2012Earlier this week the Georgia Supreme Court declined to review a lower court decision in the long-running libel case against The Atlanta Journal-Constitution...
View ArticleJudge orders release of additional Reagan FBI documents
Rachel Bunn Feature March 9, 2012A U.S. District Court ruled that the FBI must release unredacted documents about Ronald Reagan to a journalist who has legally sought the information for the last 27...
View ArticleIowa state senator wins $231,000 in defamation suit over campaign ad
Haley Behre News April 11, 2012An Iowa jury awarded a state senator $231,000 in a defamation suit last week, finding that his opponent and the local Democratic Party defamed him in a TV ad that ran...
View ArticleMiami judge dismisses former Senate candidate's libel suit against two Fla....
Chris Healy News April 24, 2012A Florida judge has dismissed a former U.S. Senate candidate's libel suit against the St. Petersburg Times and The Miami Herald. 12412 read more
View ArticleRhode Island Supreme Court dismisses defamation complaint against reporter,...
Raymond Baldino News July 9, 2012The Rhode Island Supreme Court upheld the dismissal of a defamation claim brought by a restaurant owner against two journalists for their coverage of a 2009 "off the...
View ArticleD.C. District Court applies local anti-SLAPP statute, dismisses defamation...
Cindy Gierhart News October 1, 2013A federal judge dismissed a defamation claim by the Palestinian Authority leader’s son against a Washington, D.C.-based magazine and applied the district's anti-SLAPP...
View ArticleVirginia Supreme Court rules for newspaper in libel case
Michael Rooney News January 14, 2014The Virginia Supreme Court has upheld a decision throwing out a libel verdict against The Virginian-Pilot in Norfolk.The justices unanimously ruled that the paper...
View ArticleNinth Circuit: Bloggers, public have same defamation protections as...
Cindy Gierhart News January 17, 2014The Ninth Circuit ruled today in Obsidian Finance Group v. Cox that bloggers -- and other members of the public -- are governed by the same decades-old defamation...
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