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Supreme Court Will Review Dispute Between Airline, Pilot

AP | Posted 06.17.2013 | Denver
Read More: Denver News, Air Wisconsin, United Airlines, Hoeper TSA Threat, United Airlines William Hoeper, William Hoeper, Air Wisconsin v. Hoeper, Tsa-Threats, Transportation Security Administration, Defamation, U.S. Supreme Court, Denver News

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court will review a $1.24 million defamation judgment against a Wisconsin airline that reported one of its pilots as mentall...

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Verbal Combat: The Rise of Israel's Words Warriors

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 05.04.2013 | World
Read More: Erdogan, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Israel, Defamation, Antisemitism, World News
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

The righteousness of Israel's cause can be established in open argument and Israel can be victorious in the marketplace of ideas. The time has come to passionately engage Israel's enemies in verbal combat.

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Real Time With the Ape and the Donald

Erica Grossman | Posted 04.11.2013 | Comedy
Read More: Koko the Gorilla, Bill Maher, Donald Trump, Apes, Lawsuit, $5 Million, Defamation, American Sign Language, Koko?S Kitten, Orangutan, Comedy News
Erica Grossman

Upon learning on Monday that Trump had sued Maher for $5 million dollars in the wake of the remark, Koko the Gorilla has gone apesh*t.

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Exposing Child Predators Without Defaming the Innocent

Eliyahu Federman | Posted 03.13.2013 | Crime
Read More: Freedom of Speech, Sex Abuse, First Amendment, Defamation, Nechemya Weberman, Privacy, Clergy Sex Abuse, Crime News
Eliyahu Federman

There is a need to inform the public of suspected sex offenders and empower victims on the one hand but also a need to ensure that innocent people aren't wrongly exposed. How do you balance those two interests when un-arrested individuals are accused of sex crimes?

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Chuck Hagel for DOD

Brent Budowsky | Posted 02.26.2013 | Politics
Read More: Military Families, Military Service Members, Director of National Intelligence, Combat, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Diplomacy, Defamation, Band of Brothers, James L. Jones, Brent Scowcroft, George H.W. Bush, Disinformation, Veterans, Chuck Hagel, Ronald Reagain, John Kerry, Intelligence, Jimmy Carter, Avoiding War, Secretary of State, Susan Rice, Barack Obama, Service, Bill Clinton, Military Strategy, Neoconservatives, Vietnam, Frank Carlucci, Secretary of Defense, Politics News
Brent Budowsky

Chuck Hagel as Secretary of Defense would bring immense confidence in the capitals of America's allies around the world, and great enthusiasm from veterans and military families throughout America who know him well, and trust him greatly.

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Yelp Review Could Cost Woman Nearly $1 Million

Posted 12.07.2012 | Small Business
Read More: Yelp, Video, Yelp Reviews, Defamation, Jane Perez Yelp Review, Lawsuit, Negative Yelp Reviews, Small Business News

A negative Yelp review could cost one woman close to $1 million. Jane Perez, a Virginia woman who wrote a scathing Yelp review of the contracting ...

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In Bahrain You Can Now Be Imprisoned for Defaming the King on Twitter

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 01.09.2013 | World
Read More: Social Media, Blogger, Twitter, Maryam Alkhawaja, Bahrain, King, Defamation, Arab Spring, Al Wefaq, Bahrain Center for Human Rights, Bahrain Social Media, Bahrain Twitter, World News
Shirin Sadeghi

His Royal Highness in Bahrain is apparently very sensitive when it comes to online chatter about him.

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Falsely Calling Someone Gay Isn't Slander: New York Court

AP | MICHAEL GORMLEY | Posted 08.01.2012 | Gay Voices
Read More: New York Slander, Lgbt, Gay Rights, LGBT Rights, Gay, Slander, Gay Slander, Defamation, New York, Gay Issues, Video, Gay Voices News

ALBANY, N.Y. — A court says it's no longer slander in New York to falsely call someone gay. A mid-level appeals court on Thursday wiped out dec...

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Sadly, It Seems Sandra Fluke Wasn't The First Woman Falsely Accused of Being a Prostitute by an Intimidated Man.

Sarah O'Leary | Posted 05.16.2012 | Women
Read More: Religion News, Equality, Women's Issues, Rush Limbaugh, Catholicism, Sandra Fluke, Religious Freedom, Media, Sexual Abuse, Defamation, Religious Tolerance, Sexuality, Gender, Catholic Church, Women's Empowerment, Gender Equality, Religion, Rush Limbaugh Sandra Fluke, Talk Radio, Mary Magdalene, Fcc, Virgin Mary, Radio, Women and Politics, Conservative Talk Radio, Religious Right, Religion and Politics, Religion and Sexuality, Objectification, Women News
Sarah O'Leary

It seems the Bible never referred to Mary Magdalene as a prostitute. A Catholic Pope did.

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Gender Slurs: Why What Rush Limbaugh Said Is So Damning to Women

Sarah O'Leary | Posted 05.13.2012 | Media
Read More: Broadcasting, Hate Crimes, Political Talk Radio, Rush Limbaugh Sandra Fluke, AM Radio, Liberal Talk Radio, FCC Media Consolidation, FCC Chairman, Male Sexuality, Conservative Talk Radio, Sandra Fluke Rush Limbaugh, Religion and Sexuality, Kevin Martin FCC, National Association of Broadcasters, Clear Channel Communications, Rape, Rush Limbaugh, Broadcast Indecency, Clear Channel, Sandra Fluke, Radio Stations, Defamation, Sexual Assault, Sexuality, Women's Sexuality, Talk Radio, Right Wing Talk Radio, Anti-Defamation League, Fcc, Radio, FCC Net Neutrality, Objectification, Media News
Sarah O'Leary

Rush Limbaugh's use of "slut" and "prostitute" was a textbook example of how horrifically damning gender slurs are, and why such forms of abuse deserve swift and serious action.

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Why It is Important That Sandra Fluke Sue Limbaugh (and O'Reilly?) for Defamation

Paul Abrams | Posted 05.05.2012 | Politics
Read More: Slut Accusation, Defamation, Rush Limbaugh, Sandra Fluke, Prostitute Accusation, Rush Limbaugh Sandra Fluke, Rush Limbaugh Slut, Politics News
Paul Abrams

Sandra Fluke should pursue a lawsuit against Rush Limbaugh. The right-wing's echo chamber has enabled them to attack personally private citizens and public figures with impunity, explaining, dissembling, trivializing and overwhelming decent discourse.

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Protecting Our Free Speech

Iris Erlingsdottir | Posted 02.26.2012 | World
Read More: Freedom of Speech, Free Press, Anti-SLAPP Act, Public-Figures, Libel, Anti-Slapp, Defamation, New York Times v Sullivan, Public Figures, World News
Iris Erlingsdottir

After the recent Reykjavik District Court decisions penalizing a journalist for reprinting publicly-available information and presenting both sides of a domestic dispute, the Icelandic Supreme Court has taken some baby steps towards establishing a free press in Iceland.

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Lanny Davis' Anti-SLAPP Defense Moving Forward In Court

The Huffington Post | Arin Greenwood | Posted 11.16.2011 | DC
Read More: Michael Schaffer, Court, Law, Video, First Amendment, Dan Snyder, District of Columbia, 3m, Anti-Slapp, Defamation, D.C., Washington City Paper, Lawsuit, Lanny Davis, DC News

WASHINGTON -- According to a Tuesday court order, Lanny Davis' anti-SLAPP action against Post-It Note manufacturer 3M, which is accusing the famous D....

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More Schwarzenegger Drama: A Defamation Lawsuit

Posted 10.05.2011 | Celebrity
Read More: Gawker, Tanner Tousignant, Tammy Tousignant, Maria Shriver, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Defamation, Lawsuit, Celebrity News

By now, news of ex-California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's extramarital affair with a member of his household staff is as old as "hasta la vista."...

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Forensic Art Expert Sues Over New Yorker Article

ARTINFO | Posted 09.06.2011 | Arts
Read More: Peter Paul Biro, Jackson Pollock, Pat Wertheim, Defamation, Forensic Art, Thomas Hoving, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Biro, Forensics, David Grann, Jay Leno, , Lawsuit, Arts News
ARTINFO

Forensic art analyst Peter Paul Biro, the subject of a 2010 exposé in the New Yorker, is suing the magazine's publisher for defamation to the tune of...

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Why You Should Hide Your Computer After A Split

Vicki Larson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Divorce
Read More: Blogs, Social Media, Scott Friedman, First Amendment, ihateher.com, Twitter, Divorce, Nora Ephron, Ilana Gershon, Exes, Singles, Facebook, Defamation, Don'tDateHimGirl.Com, Tesla Motors, Elon Musk, Divorce News
Vicki Larson

Divorce used to be a lot easier. Oh, not because of changes in divorce laws or family courts, but because the worst that could happen is that you'd ca...

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Prominent Fashion People Circle the Wagons Around Galliano

Disgrasian | Posted 05.25.2011 | Style
Read More: Anti-Semitism, John Galliano Fired, Sex and the City Patricia Field, John Galliano Firing, Patricia Field, Fashion Designers, Christian-Dior, Defamation, Dior, John Galliano Anti-Semitism, John Galliano Hitler Video, John Galliano, Anti-Semitic, Anti Semitism, John-Galliano, Designers, Fashion, Christian Dior, Anti-Semite, Video, Style News
Disgrasian

What's interesting about all this is how the fashion world circled the wagons around Galliano once these incidents came to light. (Hey, we don't call it "fashism" here for nothing.)

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Michael Lewis Sued For 'The Big Short'

Reuters | Grant McCool | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Wing Chau, Steven Eisman, Sued, Ww Norton and Company, The Big Short, Michael Lewis, Defamation, Liars Poker Author, Lawsuit, Business News

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Michael Lewis, best-selling author of "The Big Short" about the mortgage meltdown, has been sued for defamation by an asset man...

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Nigerian Jailed For Facebook 'Curse'

Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Sule Lamido, Social Media, Freedom of Speech@Y:World, Nigerian Man Jailed Over Facebook, Libel, Goodluck Jonathan, Mukhtar Ibrahim Aminu, Nigeria, Facebook, Defamation, World News

Said to have traumatized a state governor so badly he required hospitalization, a Nigerian man's politically-charged Facebook rants have landed him in...

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The Slow Demise of Defamation and the Privacy Torts

Daniel J. Solove | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Libel, Defamation, Privacy, Lawsuits, Free Speech, Media News
Daniel J. Solove

We need to have some meaningful way to prevent defamation and invasion of privacy. Otherwise, people will spread all sorts of damaging rumors and gossip about each other online.

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Apology for Vilifying One Man, Yet No Apology for Killing 1.5 Million

Harut Sassounian | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Guenter Lewy, Turkey, Defamation, Armenian Genocide, Taldf, Alabama, Turkish Penal Code, Tca, Libel, University of Utah Press, Revisionist Historian, Splc, Article 301, World News
Harut Sassounian

In 2008, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) published an exposé of the Turkish government's efforts to pressure U.S. politicians and academics to deny the facts of the Armenian genocide.

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Brad Sherman's Middle East Town Hall Rife With Fear and Aggression

Linda Milazzo | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
Read More: Anti-Semitism, Free Gaza, Jews, Mavi Mara, Paranoia, Palestine, Congress, Temple, Election, Jewish, Defamation, Israeli Deputy Consul, Freedom Flotilla, Synagogue, Gaza, Town Hall, Israel, Brad Sherman, California's 27th Congressional District, Primary Election, Mark Reed, Congressman Brad Sherman, Allegiance, Yoav Shamier, Israeli, Ca-27, Los Angeles News
Linda Milazzo

On July 3, 2010, I received an email from a friend informing me that Congressman Brad Sherman, who is seeking reelection to his 8th term in California...

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Will Amanda Knox's Parents Go To Jail?

The Daily Beast | Barbie Latza Nadeau | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Italy, American in Italy, Murder, Amanda Knox Guilty, Amanda Knox Parents, Defamation, Amanda Knox, Amanda Knox Murder, World News

Amanda Knox, the American student in Italy convicted of murdering her British roommate, accused the police of physical abuse, but her lawyers never ba...

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Don't Criticize Your Art Dealer Online

Daniel Grant | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
Read More: Andy Warhol, Youtube, Claire Forlani, Facebook, Donn Zaretsky, Defamation, Arts News
Daniel Grant

The opportunities to defame someone have increased with communication technology. It is the ease of announcing one's grievances to the world that have some artists' lawyers concerned.

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The Fat Line Between Free Speech and Defamation

Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.25.2011 | College
Read More: Islam, Atheist, Culture Wars, Atheist Agenda Smut for Smut, Atheism, Atheist Agenda, Free Speech, University of Texas, Defamation, Porn, Freedom of Religion, Smut for Smut Campaign, Pornography, Freedom of Speech, Religion, Utsa Smut, Bill Maher, Smut for Smut, Agnostic, Freedom of Expression, Christianity, Religion and Politics, Stuart Whatley, College News
Stuart Whatley

When the religious response to ridicule moves from condemning a rhetorical tactic to condemning the very act of criticism itself, fair discourse is halted before it can even begin.

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