Sentences with phrase «libel cases by»

«Rushed» and «inadequate» plans to cut conditional fee agreement (CFA) success fees for libel cases by up to 90 % have been defeated in the House of Commons.

Dr. Ball could probably have saved himself the hassle and expense of these libel cases by simply apologising to Dr. Michael Mann (over his throw - away comment about belonging in «State Pen» (http://www.desmogblog.com/michael-mann-suing-tim-ball-libel) and Professor Andrew Weaver for his unfounded accusations (http://www.desmogblog.com/weaver-sues-tim-ball-libel).

Not exact matches

«So when Trump says he wants to «open up» libel law, he really means (if he has the slightest knowledge of the law) that he wants to open up — to change — the First Amendment, which, beginning in 1964, has been held to require in cases brought by public figures, proof that what was said was false, and that the newspaper knew or suspected that it was false.

The fact Starmer mentions Thomas» deletion of the message indicated that — as in a libel case — moves to delete and apologise for messages after they are posted will be recognised by prosecutors.

The chairman said he would be pursuing a libel case against Gray, and also suggested Gray broke the law by obtaining and disseminating his personnel file.

A Manhattan federal judge on Monday promised to decide by the end of August whether to let a libel suit by Sarah Palin against The New York Times proceed after hearing 90 minutes of arguments on the case.

«New York is the world's crossroads, so what happens out there — in this case, the U.K.'s libel tourism problem and its misuse by terrorism's apologists and facilitators — affects us here, and it's nice to know that our defense of free speech here in New York is likewise having an impact out there as pressure builds in the U.K. to cease being a haven for libel terrorists,» the assemblyman said.

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.

After 2 years, the judge in that case denied a stay requested by Wakefield and wrote an opinion telling Wakefield's team they had to provide more evidence, suggesting that Wakefield «wishes to use the existence of the libel proceedings for public relations purposes.»

«Denial» (Mick Jackson) The 18 months of Rachel Weisz's improbable comeback continues with this courtroom drama centered on a libel case filed by Holocaust denier played by Timothy spall.

And the stakes posed by the narrative are high enough that one is riveted throughout to a story whose outcome is no surprise: Irving famously lost a libel case that he brought in 1996 against the American academic Deborah Lipstadt (Rachel Weisz) and her UK publishers, Penguin Books.

On the basis of «CREATOR principles» previously set by the SoA, demands include that authors should receive «at least» 50 % of the revenue from e-book sales, «not a mere 25 %» they do currently, that authors don't have their «hands tied with contracts that can not be terminated when a book is no longer being exploited», for publishers to drop non-compete clauses and for indemnity clauses, often included to help protect publishers financially against cases brought on the basis of plagarism and libel, «to spread the risk fairly between the publisher and the author».

Big news in the world of «climate wars» — the libel case of Andrew Weaver versus Tim Ball has been dismissed by the judge — for a rather surprising reason.

November, 2010 Ezra Levant was ordered by a judge to pay $ 25,000 to Giacomo Vignal, a Canadian Human Rights Commission lawyer, for libeling him with «reckless indifference» to the truth in blog posts about a major hate speech case.

the libel case of Andrew Weaver versus Tim Ball has been dismissed by the judge — for a rather surprising reason:

By way of example, Jay has: (1) obtained a $ 16.5 million settlement in In re Ski Train Fire in Kaprun, a disaster which caused the deaths of 155 persons and which resulted in a settlement which included compensation from the Austrian Government; (2) obtained an $ 11 million estate litigation settlement; (3) obtained a $ 7.1 million judgment for a homeowner based upon the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act; (4) argued on behalf of Dairy Stores the landmark commercial libel case before the New Jersey Supreme Court.

I have represented judges and other public officials in libel cases and they are held to a high bar of having to prove actual malice by clear and convincing evidence and they should be.

As reported by The Times of London, five law lords unanimously ruled in favor of a public - interest defense that more closely resembles the «actual malice» standard applied in U.S. libel cases involving public officials and public figures.

In Washington, meanwhile, Legal Times correspondent Tony Mauro writes about the increasing number of libel cases brought by judges.

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.

This week, St. Lewis won her three - year libel case against Rancourt and was awarded $ 350,000 in damages by an Ottawa civil jury, based on damages to her reputation stemming from Rancourt's use of the pejorative term in a 2011 blog.

The Supreme Court dismissed arguments by the defendants that Black was a «libel tourist» who shopped for the easiest jurisdiction to win his case.

London may still be for the moment the «libel tourism» capital of the world for affronted folk, but Paris has its strong points, too, if the case of Professor Joseph H. H. Weiler is anything to go by.

Represented a corporate client in the defense of a trade secret and breach of fiduciary duty case and obtained a six - figure recovery by way of settlement on counterclaim for defamation, trade libel and unfair competition.

Myers said Cusipag was not deterred by the substantial damage award in a previous libel case: «All that it seems to have done is prompted her to transfer her house to her son for free and to transfer two condominium units to others.

Nor can I discern in those First Amendment considerations that led us to restrict the States» powers to regulate defamation of public officials any additional interest that is not served by the actual malice rule of New York Times, supra, but is substantially promoted by utilizing this Court as the ultimate arbiter of factual disputes in those libel cases where no unusual factors, such as allegations of harassment or the existence of a jury verdict resting on erroneous instructions, cf. New York Times, supra, are present.

I concur in the reversal, but dissent from leaving the case open for a new trial, believing that, for reasons stated in the concurring opinions of MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS and myself in the New York Times and Garrison cases, a libel judgment against Rosenblatt is forbidden by the First Amendment, which the Fourteenth made applicable to the States.

One of the first cases was in the trial of John Peter Zenger, in 1735, where a law against libels was used against him, and subsequently nullified by a jury.

Although Rabinowitz relies on several libel cases in which the amount of the compensatory damages awarded was lower than that awarded here, other libel cases reveal compensatory damages awards in amounts higher than those awarded by this trial judge.

His reported cases include RH Green & Silley Weir v BR (limitation period against 3rd party), de Bry v Fitzgerald (security for costs), Hartt v Newspaper Publishing (libel concerning a work by Michelangelo), Pearson v Sanders Witherspoon (valuation of loss of chance), Siebe Gorman v Pneupac (status of consent orders), Senate Electrical v NTL (liability of an employee for acquisition warranties) and Bendell v Smith & Others (a successful recovery action by a lender on a shared appreciation mortgage equity release — the only such case to go to trial).

She held that the prosecution was precluded by TA 1968 and that there was no prima facie case of blasphemous libel.

Defended libel suit by public official against newspaper; case dismissed after two - month jury trial

In other cases, such as a libel or slander lawsuit, it may provide liability protection for situations that may not be covered by other types of insurance.