Come with me in your mind’s eye to New York City in 1735. John Peter Zenger, editor and printer of New York Weekly Journal, was experiencing a grim, grueling experience. He had been arrested and ...

Defamation, slander, and libel are terms that are frequently confused with each other, LegalZoom says. They all fall into the same category of law and have to do with communications that falsely ...

“Heed Their Rising Voices,” proclaimed the full-page ad that appeared in the Tuesday, March 29, 1960, edition of the New York Times. The ad requested donations to support the legal defense of Martin ...

From Magistrate Judge Lanny King's Report and Recommendation recommending dismissal of plaintiff's libel claim in Rhodes v. Buccieri, just adopted today by Judge Greg Stivers (W.D. Ky.): Plaintiff ...

Last week and this, I've been serializing my Large Libel Models? Liability for AI Output draft. For some earlier posts on this (including § 230, disclaimers, publication, and more), see here; one ...

The ultimate success or failure of a federal libel lawsuit over a tweet about Freddie Freeman’s contract talks with the Atlanta Braves may hinge on whether a powerful sports agent is or is not a ...

The Iowa Freedom of Information Council argues that damages shouldn't be permitted in libel cases that involve non-media defendants and where there’s been no showing of reputational harm. (Photo via ...