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The Missouri Supreme Court is considering whether the Humane Society’s statements identifying a dog kennel as a “puppy mill” and…

Marcy Winograd appealed a California Superior Court’s denial of her anti-SLAPP motion after being sued for allegedly defaming a local…

Determining whether a statement is a fact or opinion can make or break a defamation claim. Recently, two courts —…

Proprietors of Dancing Deer Mountain, a wedding venue in Oregon, sued a Google reviewer, Christopher Liles, for libel following his…

The Reporters Committee joined a brief opposing an appeal by casino owner Sheldon Adelson in his libel suit against the National…

Tom Scholz, founder of the band Boston, sued the Boston Herald for libel over a series of stories that discussed…

A New York appellate court ruled that a blogger may remain anonymous, thereby preventing a political candidate from bringing a…

Articles published by the New York Daily News calling a former school principal a “firebrand” and a “principal of hate”…

The Rhode Island Supreme Court upheld the dismissal of a defamation claim brought by a restaurant owner against two journalists…

A federal court in Buffalo said last week that peer-reviewed journals, not courtrooms, are the proper place to vet scientific…