Dating Site Sued Competitor For Defamation
A pair of mail-order bride websites – Anastasia International and EM Models (dba, Elena’s Models) — went toe-to-toe in court....
Finance Firm Says SEC Is Slander Happy, So It’s Suing.
Arjent LLC, a boutique finance firm with domestic and international outposts, sued the Securities and Exchange Commission for harassment, slander,...
International Defamation: Criminal Defamation In Ecuador
An international defamation lawsuit out of Ecuador caught our attention. In brief, the three-term (and counting) president of the country,...
Defamation Law: Can Lie Detector Tests Be Used By Defense?
Last week, we blogged about a doping-related defamation lawsuit waged by former MLB player Albert Pujols. Welp gang, it looks...
Comparative Internet Law: Website Defamation Liability, U.S. v. EU
Section 230 Protections Weakened In WA, NJ, and TN (For A Minute) Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act is...
Privilege: An Effective Defamation Defense
One way to win a defamation lawsuit is to successfully argue privilege. In the simplest terms, privilege is when one...
Real Estate Agency Fight Devolves Into Defamation Lawsuit
It’s Wednesday. Hump Day. So, we thought we’d jump-start the morning with a jolt of lighter legal fare. Specifically, a...
Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress v. Defamation
Thanks to the Internet, defamation is on the rise — for communicate ease also means an increase in knee-jerk lie-telling...
Judge Says Anti-SLAPP A-OK For Federal Courts
Last week, a federal U.S. judge tossed the defamation lawsuit of a Palestinian politician’s son. Why is the case worth...
Nuclear Defamation Fracas Going Down In Japan
A now defunct Fukushima-Daiichi plant is at the heart of a nuclear defamation lawsuit between Japan’s former Prime Minister, Naoto Kan,...