Slander

The Rhode Island Supreme Court upheld the dismissal of a defamation claim brought by a restaurant owner against two journalists for their coverage of a 2009 "off the record" event at his restaurant where attendees included politicians, businesspeople and press members.

A Montana radio host on Wednesday was slapped with a $3.8 million slander verdict.

John Stokes, the owner and host of the KGEZ AM radio station in Kalispell, was sued by a father and son who alleged he made defamatory remarks about them on his radio show last year.  

A California real estate developer is suing a blogger and a host of unknown critics who commented on a Web news article for, among other things, saying he is "dishonest" and a "slum lord."

The Journal News in New York's Lower Hudson Valley is expecting a judge to order it to identify three anonymous online posters who an ex-congressman and his wife believe slandered them on the newspaper's website.

A Wisconsin lawyer who lost his 2002 bid for attorney general amid ethics concerns is also now out of luck in his related libel suit against a local newspaper.

A District Court judge in Maine on Friday dismissed a school superintendent's slander suit against Fox News, finding no proof the station acted with actual malice when it reported a spoof of the superintendent's letter to students as true.