Defamation

Truth is no longer a defense in some private-figure libel cases in Massachusetts where the "ill will" of the speaker is established…

A New Jersey appellate court ruling that limited the defense of the fair report privilege has been temporarily suspended by…

A charter school official is suing The Philadelphia Inquirer for defamation, the paper reports.

A state court in New York dismissed a libel lawsuit last month against a free bi-weekly newspaper that published an…

A supermodel has demanded that Google release the identity of a blogger who called her a "skank" and an "old…

A New York Times story about a rumored affair between Sen. John McCain and Washington lobbyist Vicki Iseman has landed the…

The Reporters Committee has signed on to a brief with 18 other news organizations asking the New Jersey Supreme Court to overturn a…

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to take up Steven Hatfill's libel lawsuit against The New York Times over a series…

A classical music critic is suing his employer, The Cleveland Plain Dealer, for libel after he was demoted for, he claims, writing too…

The Associated Press reported today on a Midwest-newspaper tale of small-scale internecine warfare, erupting this week into the courts with a…