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An Academy Award-winning film that addressed “an issue of paramount importance in the Iraq war” is protected speech about a public issue, a federal judge in California ruled yesterday, dismissing a U.S. serviceman's lawsuit alleging “The Hurt Locker” unlawfully benefited from the use of his identity without his consent.
A New Orleans area politician is suing for defamation and embarrassment caused by anonymous, online comments made on NOLA.com, TheTimes-Picayune reported.
Steve Theriot, the interim president of Jefferson Parish, which is part of the metropolitan New Orleans area, claims the comments made on the site were made with "malice and a blatant, intentional disregard for the truth."
