It has the feel of Exhibit A
in a libel suit waiting to happen.
In 2000, Julius successfully defended the American scholar Deborah Lipstadt
in a libel suit brought by the historian David Irving, whom Lipstadt had included among the culprits in her book «Denying the Holocaust.»
Represented a nonprofit firm, a major national newspaper and others
in a libel suit in New York arising out of the content of an advertisement published in the newspaper and on the Internet.
Lisus briefly represented former Progressive Conservative leader Patrick Brown
in his libel suit against CTV after investigative reporter Glen McGregor broke the story that two women, one a former staffer, were accusing Brown of sexual misconduct.
He was in the news again this week for being named the defendant
in a libel suit by Joanne St. Lewis, a law professor at UofO, over a blog post on Rancourt's site, UofO Watch.
Judge sides with blogger
in libel suit over «harshly critical» post about Hasidic Jews, The National Post
Ezra Levant testified in his defense
in his libel suit.
A plaintiff
in a libel suit opens him or herself up to reputational harm and highly intrusive legal discovery which is often enough to scare people away.
Not exact matches
Brian Mulroney is the centerpiece
in Stevie Cameron's blockbuster, On The Take and again
in The Last Amigo — two books that if erroneous about Mr. Mulroney (given his threats against the government) should have brought
libel suits.
They include the «chilling effects» of
libel suits, the perennial conflicts between property and access, the three out of four publishers who intervene
in news decisions affecting their local markets, the advertisers» freedom to move their money to where their interests are, industry self - regulation
in broadcasting and advertising, the backlash against conveying under duress (as
in a hostage crisis) points of view that are never aired as directly without duress, the flareups of book banning and censorship of textbooks, the rout of the civil rights movement, the retreat from principles of fairness and equality (even where never implemented), the attack on scientific and humane teaching, the threat of self - appointed media watchdogs to also spy on teachers
in the classroom, and the general vigor of ancient orthodoxies masquarading as neo-this and neo-that.
He was jailed when a Southern slave trader brought a
libel suit against him
in Baltimore.
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Engineers and Planners, Mr. Ibrahim Mahama has stated that even though the wheels of justice
in the country grind slowly, he is certain justice will be served him
in a GHc5 million
libel suit against Ashanti Regional Chairman of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr. Bernard Antwi Bosiako.
The $ 45 million
libel suit former state Democratic Chairman Jay Jacobs filed against two opponents of a camp he wants to build
in the Hamptons has been dismissed.
Eliot Spitzer is now facing two
libel suits worth $ 90 million
in connection with a column he wrote a year ago for Slate.com.
No fewer than five police vans, scores of armed policemen and operatives of the Department of State Services were deplored
in the Kwara State High Court
in Ilorin on Thursday to forestall the breakdown of law and order as the
libel suit filed by the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, against an online medium, SaharaReporters, and its publisher, Omoyele Sowore, came up for hearing.
In most countries, the defendant of a slander or
libel suit must prove a story true to avoid liability.
As well as threats made after publication, I regularly hear from overseas scientists who self - censor their writing
in order to avoid a potential
libel suit.
A recent survey by the charity Sense About Science revealed that more than 1
in 3 editors of scientific or medical journals have refused material for fear of a
libel suit.
On Sunday, Servick reported «that Sarkar has filed a
libel suit in a Wayne County circuit court against several «John Does» behind the comments he considers defamatory.»
One well - documented clash between science and censorship is
in the use of
libel actions to try to silence scientists and science writers; the journal Nature and Richard Dawkins are among the most recent to face
suits.
In the latest so - called
libel tourism case under the United Kingdom's controversial laws, cardiologist Peter Wilmshurst has been hit with another defamation
suit.
As bloggers have noted, this case will be one of the first tests of a new Texas law designed to discourage capricious
libel suits by putting the burden on the plaintiff (Wakefield
in this case) to prove that the defendants» speech has caused damage before the
suit can go forward.
As to why the proceedings were filed
in Texas rather than
in the
libel -
suit - friendly United Kingdom, they said that «any action brought against the BMJ and Mr. Deer
in London would have been immediately vulnerable to being struck out as an abuse of process.»
James Dalton has ripped of numerous people
in the French Bulldog community and has several law
suits against him for fraud, breach of contract and slander /
libel.
Many of the early practitioners of institutional critique met serious resistance to their work, the classic example being the Guggenheim Museum canceling a Haacke show
in 1971, claiming it feared a
libel suit as a result of a work investigating an alleged slumlord.
In other news, a private art dealer has filed a
libel and slander
suit against actress Claire Forlani for allegedly falsely claiming that he sold her a fake photographic print and had sold other fakes to other customers, according to Courthouse News.
Re # 21: not much chance of a
libel suit in the US, unless a skeptic made knowingly false statements about the work of particular scientists who supported AGW.
He brought the
suit [
in Britain] because British
libel law puts the burden on the defendants —
in this case, Ms. Lipstadt and Penguin — to prove the truth of their assertions.
about Affidavits
in Michael Mann
Libel Suit Reveal Astonishing Facts About Tim Ball Associate John O'Sullivan
In Mann's
libel suit, the focus is properly on Mann and Steyn.
«Michael Mann, who chose to file what many consider to be a cynical SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation)
libel suit in the British Columbia Supreme Court, Vancouver six long years ago, has astonished legal experts by refusing to comply with the court direction to hand over all his disputed graph's data.
And by making him an admin
in effect endorsing him wikipedia will not be able to slither its way out of it like they do with most of the
libel suits they get.
That quip incensed the thin - skinned Mann into filing a
libel suit against Ball
in the British Columbia Supreme Court, Canada.
«while Irving chose a fool for his lawyer (by representing himself
in his spectacularly failed
libel suit against historian, Deborah Lipstadt), Mann's lawyers appear have saddled themselves with a fool for a client.»
In the realm of discussions about science, Simon Singh's triumph over a
libel suit brought by the British Chiropractors Association stands out, as does Ben Goldacre's successful # 500,000 defense against Matthias Rath — a vitamin salesman peddling bogus AIDS cures.
And where is the
libel suit we heard so much about
in the media?
Harder previously represented Melania Trump
in two
libel suits against the British tabloid newspaper the Daily Mail, which were settled
in April, the New York Times reported at the time.
Katie Mohammed had been hit with the
libel suit after she posted comments online regarding a gravel pit
in her community.
When plaintiffs use that fact to file a
suit abroad that might not fly
in the U.S., legal experts refer to this type of forum shopping as
libel tourism.
The legislation was prompted, as the BBC report says, by a
libel suit against American writer Rachel Ehrenfeld who was sued
in England, a notorious destination for
libel tourism, because of a book on the funding of terrorism.
Dan's business litigation included defending a truck manufacturer
in suits by disgruntled dealers, the defense of numerous officers and directors of failed savings and loans, a recovery for limited partners
in a franchise who were misled by a franchisor, defense of
libel actions, trade secret litigation on behalf of both plaintiffs and defendants, lease covenant disputes for commercial tenants of shopping centers, and business partnership disputes.
In addition, her
suit alleges unfair business practices, defamation,
libel and various other offenses that took place during the course of the October wrongful foreclosure and its aftermath.
«But with 25 judges suing for
libel in 2005 alone — nearly 10 percent of all
libel suits filed nationwide — that form of judicial restraint is fading, raising questions about the role, and the ethics, of judges and whether they have a right to be as litigious as everyone else.»
There have been internet
libel law
suits where judges have issued orders directing that anonymous internet bloggers are to be revealed
in the full light of day, such orders are normally accompanied by protests from a trivial yet noisy family of rabid people who deem that freedom of expression should be absolute and unconditional & the speaker should not be held to account for their words, without consideration to the accuracy or deceptiveness of the allegations.
I don't think the parties pursuing
libel suits are typically government entities or officials acting
in their official capacities, possibly for exactly the reason you give: it would be unconstitutional.
I'm not sure what relevance any of that has to the current case, since the
suit in question was governed by Canadian
libel law.
Libel tourism was much more feasible
in 1996, when David Irving brought his
suit.
For if the idea becomes popular that the Amendment is an all - purpose shield for journalists, warding off
libel suits, deposi - tions, and searches as well as censorship, then it must become a weaker shield [bold mine], because it will seem obvious that so broad a power
in the press must be balanced against other private and social interests
in the community.
The gist of her
suit was that the Post, by quoting a MySpace page
in which Cordero «gives a graphic depiction of a masturbatory fantasy»
in which she has sex with multiple men and women, implied she was a «promiscuous slut» and therefore committed
libel per se.
But her
libel suit continued on
in the New York courts.