Archives
- 2013.06.13: Not Every Website Is Entitled to Section 230 Immunity
- 2013.06.10: Lost Profits Caused by Defamation Must Be Proven with Competent Evidence
- 2013.06.03: This Is Why Exact Words Must Be Pleaded
- 2013.05.16: Injunctive Relief Unavailable for False Light Claim, Says Pennsylvania Court
- 2013.05.01: Google Loath to Remove Content Claimed to Be Defamatory
- 2013.04.20: D.C. Defamation Case Filed Against Redskin Fred Davis
- 2013.04.15: Overzealous Pleading Doesn't Advance Your Cause
- 2013.04.08: Federal Employees May Be Immune From Defamation Claims
- 2013.04.02: Proving Malice in Defamation-By-Implication Cases
- 2013.03.24: Unauthorized Product Placement: Defamation by Implication?
- 2013.03.06: FTCA Bars Defamation Claims Against Federal Government
- 2013.03.01: Fabricated Quotations Actionable if Harmful to Reputation
- 2013.02.22: False Accusation of Sexual Aggressiveness Per Se Defamatory, Claims FBI Agent
- 2013.02.10: Defamation of Character: Libel and Slander Law in Virginia
- 2013.01.21: Are False Statements to the Police Immune from Defamation Claims?
- 2013.01.09: Absence of Malice Presumed in Employment Context
- 2013.01.07: Defamatory Yelp Review Damaging Your Business? Don't Expect it to Come Down Any Time Soon.
- 2012.12.21: Lawyer Claims Huffington Post Defamed Him By Attributing Controversial Article to Him
- 2012.12.17: Internet Defamation Insufficient Basis for Personal Jurisdiction Against Colombia Company
- 2012.12.10: Defamatory Statements to Credit Reporting Agencies Held Not Preempted by FCRA
- 2012.12.05: How to Lose Your Defamation Case in Three Easy Steps
- 2012.11.29: Statements Based on Undisputed Facts Cannot Be Made With Actual Malice
- 2012.11.05: Government Defamation May Violate Civil Rights
- 2012.11.02: D.C. Defamation Cases Continue to Meet Anti-SLAPP Statute
- 2012.10.29: Summary Judgment Still Possible in Virginia State Court
- 2012.10.28: Does D.C.'s Anti-SLAPP Statute Apply in Federal Court?
- 2012.10.08: Defamation Case Against Eliot Spitzer and Slate Dismissed
- 2012.09.19: Defamation Claims Require Proof of Fault
- 2012.09.17: Punitive Damages in Libel Case Reduced by 75%
- 2012.09.11: "Dirtiest Hotels" List is Rhetorical Hyperbole and Not Grounds for Defamation Action
- 2012.09.07: Defamation in the Virginia Workplace
- 2012.09.03: Fraud Accusations Prompt Michael Mann's Lawyers to Threaten Litigation
- 2012.08.31: Virginia's Insulting-Words Statute
- 2012.08.27: Section 230 Immunizes Users Who Link to Defamatory Statements of Others
- 2012.08.23: Defamation By Implication Theory Prevents Dismissal of Art Analyst's Case
- 2012.08.13: Doctor's Defamation Claim Reconsidered by Judge Roush
- 2012.08.06: Target of Online Griping Files Defamation Action
- 2012.07.30: Absolute Judicial Privilege Extends to Demand Letters Sent in Good Faith
- 2012.07.22: No Defamation Claim for Medical Resident's Poor Performance Evaluation
- 2012.07.05: Court Excludes Unreliable Expert Testimony in Defamation Case
- 2012.06.29: Breach of Non-Disparagement Agreement Leads to Defamation Claim
- 2012.06.17: Lawyer Files Defamation Action Against Television Stations for Faulty Report
- 2012.06.11: Virginia Law Firm's Defamation Claim Dismissed As Opinion
- 2012.06.04: Libel Case Filed by Laurie Fine Against ESPN
- 2012.05.28: First Amendment Right to Anonymous Internet Speech Challenged by Florida Doctor
- 2012.05.17: Defamation Claims Asserted by Church Against Former Members
- 2012.05.12: D.C.'s Anti-SLAPP Act to Be Tested in Maddow Defamation Case
- 2012.05.06: Facebook "Likes" Not Protected Speech, Says Virginia Court
- 2012.05.02: Public Figure Fails to Present Plausible Defamation Case
- 2012.04.27: Defamed Lawyer and Wife Win $13.7 Million Against "Anonymous" Posters
- 2012.04.23: Defamation Plaintiffs Must Plead Exact Words and Non-Privileged Publication
- 2012.04.16: Middleburg Writer Dee Dee Hubbard Turns Tables On Accusers with Defamation Suit
- 2012.04.14: Slander of Pilot by Airline Results in $1.4 Million in Damages
- 2012.04.07: Defamation Case Against Barbara Walters Dismissed
- 2012.03.30: Duck Creek Energy Says Fracking Accusations Defamatory
- 2012.03.21: Defamation Per Se By Former Judge Yields $350,000 in Damages
- 2012.03.14: Libel Per Se? Libel Per Quod? Neither, Says Virginia Court
- 2012.02.27: Lawyer's Tortious Interference Claim Against Former Lovers Dismissed
- 2012.02.13: Defamation by Implication in Virginia
- 2012.02.06: Jeremy Mayfield's Defamation Claims Against NASCAR Heard on Appeal
- 2011.06.10: Virginia Defamation Lawyer's Arguments Rejected in Warren County
- 2011.05.25: In Lawyer's Defamation Action, Draft Complaint Afforded Absolute Privilege
- 2011.04.21: Lawyer Review Leads to Defamation Lawsuit
- 2011.03.31: AP Reporter Accused of Libel by Tweet
- 2011.03.24: "Girls Gone Wild" Defamation Suit Nets $3 Million
- 2011.02.19: Prominent Defamation Lawyers Pursue Sherrod's Libel Case Against Breitbart
- 2011.02.04: Defamation Lawsuit Exposes Redskins Owner to Ridicule
- 2011.02.02: Virginia Supreme Court Declines to Set Aside Defamation Verdict Against County Administrator
- 2010.11.15: Defamation Claim Against Virginia Lawyer Goes Forward
- 2009.12.21: Understanding Defamation
- 2009.09.17: Pleading Defamation by an Employer in Virginia Isn't Easy
- 2009.09.02: Defamatory Forum Posts Held No Basis for Host Liability
- 2009.05.23: Virginia Employers Not Liable for Defamation on "Self-Publication" Theory
- 2009.04.22: Culpeper Cops Discover Sexting, Get Sued
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