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Man forwarding alleged defamatory e-mail not liable

donal brown March 1, 2010

A California state appeals judge ruled that a man forwarding an e-mail about a Vietnam War veteran could not be charged with defamation. -db Courthouse News Service March 1, 2010 By Avery Fellow (CN) – A man who forwarded an allegedly defamatory email about a Vietnam War veteran can’t be held liable for defamation, a California appeals court ruled. “If you are defamed in an email, and the person who receives the email then simply

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Michael Jackson’s dermatologist fights anti-SLAPP to sustain defamation suit against plastic surgeon

donal brown February 3, 2010

Michael Jackson’s dermatologist is fighting an anti-SLAPP motion to keep his lawsuit going against a plastic surgeon he says defamed him for suggesting that he was instrumental in providing the medication that killed the singer. -db The Los Angeles Wave February 2, 2010 By Wire Services A dermatologist who alleges a plastic surgeon defamed him by publicly implying that he had a hand in the late Michael Jackson’s death is rebutting an attempt to have

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Best-selling author wins libel case

donal brown February 2, 2010

A federal judge in Oklahoma dismissed libel claims against author John Grisham and other writers who wrote books about the wrongful convictions of two men in a 1982 rape and murder of a cocktail waitress. The judge said the books were protected speech. -db Courthouse News Service February 2, 2010 By Annie Youderian (CN) – Three public officials from Oklahoma lost their bid to revive a libel lawsuit against best-selling author John Grisham and other

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Diet doctor sues Kim Kardashian over alleged libelous twitters

donal brown January 8, 2010

Observers think that Dr. Sanford Siegal has a weak case in his libel suit against celebrity Kim Kardashian. Siegal created the “Cookie Diet” and subsequently posted that Kim Kardashian had lost weight using the cookie diet. Siegel sued over Kardashian’s tweets that stated it was false that she was on the cookie diet and that if Siegal was lying about this, there may be other lies afoot. -DB Citizen Media Law Project January 7, 2010

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Canadian Supreme Court creates new defense for reporters facing libel charges

donal brown January 5, 2010

The Canadian Supreme Court made it more difficult to sue for libel last month when it made two rulings that allow reporters to cover controversial stories aggressively so long as the stories are considered worthy of public interest. -DB The Canadian Press December 22, 2009 By Mike Blanchfield OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada offered journalists and bloggers a new defence against libel Tuesday in a pair of rulings that were hailed as a

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