04/02/2012
The U.S. District Court in Seattle dismissed a lawsuit against a website that profiles and rates...
03/29/2012
CNN's decision not to include closed captioning services for its online video content was not...
03/23/2012
A U.S. District Court judge ruled that a civil lawsuit can continue against a Louisiana police...
03/15/2012
A bill that would have substantially reformed Maryland's law against strategic lawsuits against...
03/14/2012
The Virginia Supreme Court upheld a 2010 ruling that a former Newport News judge defamed a former...
03/09/2012
The New Mexico Supreme Court overturned an appellate court's decision and clarified grounds for...
03/05/2012
A front-page teaser that wrongly stated that the subjects of a civil complaint by the Securities...
02/29/2012
A former candidate for the Maine State Senate could not show that negative advertisements about him...
02/15/2012
Colorado's state judiciary committee took the first step this week in repealing a decades-old...
02/14/2012
New York courts do not have jurisdiction to hear a lawsuit over allegedly defamatory online...
02/14/2012
A federal judge dismissed a $5 million libel lawsuit by a former tax preparer against a Virginia...
02/06/2012
The special motion to strike provided by D.C.'s anti-SLAPP law, which became effective in March...
01/24/2012
The Illinois Supreme Court ruled that a defamation suit filed by a high school basketball coach...
01/24/2012
The Maryland Court of Appeals ruled this week that the Baltimore City Paper was protected by...
01/18/2012
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals set a precedent for balancing a speaker's right to...