First Circuit court of appeals denies petition for rehearing on controversial libel ruling
Journalists and bloggers are concerned about the recent decision of the First Circuit court attacking the precept that the truth is not an absolute defense in a libel suit. -DB Citizen Media Law Project March 18, 2009 By Sam Bayard The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit issued an order today denying Staples’ petition for rehearing en banc in Noonan v. Staples, a decision in which a panel of the First Circuit