Defamation

The former mayor of Raleigh, N.C. and a candidate for chairman of the state's Republican party has sued a local…

A potentially misleading Fox News caption did not provide a sufficient basis for a finding of false and defamatory meaning…

A Myrtle Beach, S.C. blogger lost a $1.8 million libel judgment in January, The Sun News reports, but a pending appeal and questions about possible…

A Massachusetts court last week dismissed a defamation lawsuit against the Wareham Observer using the state’s anti-SLAPP statute. It appears to…

A defamation lawsuit brought by a Louisiana jet fuel supplier against a local newspaper was thrown out by a federal appellate…

A defamation lawsuit against U.S. Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.) is set to be dismissed after the U.S. Court of Appeals…

An Ohio county prosecutor is suing the Sandusky Register for defamation, claiming the paper fabricated a story saying a law enforcement officer testified…

Professional golfer John Daly's defamation lawsuit against The Florida Times-Union has been dismissed by a Jacksonville judge, the newspaper reports.

Maryland’s highest court on Friday ruled that a newspaper company does not have to reveal the identities of three people…

The judge who issued a $3.5 million libel judgment against a Pennsylvania newspaper has been accused by the paper’s lawyers…