Sentences with phrase «libel suits»

Two separate libel suits are at issue.

His prime contribution to Canadian legal publishing was probably his creation of the Law Times, which in its early years was a provocative, irreverent, muck - raking publication which was fun to read and which generated a fair number of libel suits.

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.

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.

«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.»

«Then they wouldn't do stupid things like issue threats of libel suits that they can't win against bloggers who, it turns out, have lots of friends willing to make the law firm and its client look bad for it.»

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.

Is being known as the journal who tries to sue critics of their editorial policies (or worse, tries to intimidate critics by threatening libel suits) really going to help?

However, perhaps the way to fix that is to start applying a higher level of quality control rather than by threatening libel suits against people who publicly point out the problems?

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.

So today brilliant minds are focused on libel suits.

Require the author bear the costs of any libel suits, whoever is at fault, which the publisher can settle without consulting the author.

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.

Fang has been slammed with libel suits contesting his often - acerbic exposés.

Eliot Spitzer is now facing two libel suits worth $ 90 million in connection with a column he wrote a year ago for Slate.com.

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.

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.

Cambridge struck back with a $ 2 - million libel suit, claiming defamation and «malicious, high - handed and arrogant conduct.»

He failed, of course, and widespread reports of his legal manoeuvring — an injunction against publication and a $ 100 - million libel suit — ensured the story got much more attention than it might otherwise have warranted.

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.

He is pursuing a libel suit against BuzzFeed, and the website is attempting a legal maneuver that might allow Daniels's records of any relationship with Trump to be made public.

Whether he won or lost his libel suit and criminal trial (s).

Some of the incidents to which the eight women are allegedly prepared to testify, if it comes to a libel suit, go back ten and twenty years.

«The greatest threat to journalistic independence and integrity is not the Jesse Helmses,» a network news executive was reported saying this week, «and it's not the libel suit — it's red ink.»

It is small wonder Greene's attack on Temple's «dimpled depravity» cost him a libel suit from Twentieth Century — Fox.

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.

A $ 45 million libel suit against two Southampton residents by former New York State Democratic Committee chairman Jay Jacobs has been dismissed.

The Labour peer threatened Daily Mail sketch writer Quentin Letts with a libel suit after he called him «stupid» and suggested he only received his peerage because he was a television personality.

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.

A Brooklyn sex - crimes prosecutor accused of sexual assault by a reporter for the Daily News has fired back with a $ 10 million libel suit.

Laski filed a libel suit against the Conservative Daily Express newspaper.

The APC argued that since allegations over which Fayemi was being invited for investigation were the same allegations over which the minister instituted a libel suit against Fayose's aides, the lawmakers should utilise the matter before the court to establish their case.

It added that the arm - twisting tactic was a panicky measure to divert attention from the criminal libel suit by the former governor against a member of the House, Dr Samuel Omotoso, and the governor's aide, Lere Olayinka, over allegations of fraud.

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.

The Honorable Minister of Mines and Steel Development and Former Ekiti State governor, Former Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has filed a libel suit worth N3billion against a member of Ekiti House of Assembly, Dr Samuel Omotoso and Special Assistant on New Media and Public Communications to Governor Ayodele Fayose, Mr Lere Olayinka.

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.»

Although it seems insane to think that someone could believe this, when Irving brought a libel suit against Lipstadt and Penguin Books LTD, the case turned into a trial to prove that yes, the Holocaust did happen.

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.

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.

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.

But Weaver also filed a libel suit centered on the assertions that he was an unqualified and corrupt researcher.

Monckton learned of Mandia's blog post and threatened him with a libel suit.

A scientist threatened him with a libel suit.