Sentences with phrase «made in the defamation action»

This is particularly true in this case because, contrary to the allegations made in the defamation action, Mr. Hoskinson did act for Mr. Slagter and Jannet Inc. as he subsequently conceded,» wrote tribunal chairman Malcolm Mercer.

Not exact matches

«The propagation of such irresponsible and destructive falsehood made against my client should not be availed the cloak of parliamentary immunity which, if had been said in anywhere else in the open, will certainly be giving rise to a meritorious court action in defamation.

Another approach to avoid this concern might be to regard immunity as inapplicable to a proceeding which relates directly to another, non-immune underlying proceeding only where it is a necessary or readily foreseeable corollary of that underlying proceeding — as is the case with proceedings to enforce a foreign arbitral award, but not, presumably, with a defamation action arising from statements made in an earlier proceeding.

Malice is the lynchpin that makes defamation actions winnable in the US and there seems to have been more than enough of that in this case.

But if courts are serious about circumscribing the chilling effect of defamation claims, modifications will need to be made to the structure of the tort in order to lessen the likelihood of actions being commenced in the first place and to blunt the impact of claims that are in fact brought.

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While representing himself in a defamation action against a publisher, a lawyer made «intemperate» statements about the defendant organization in his pleadings, including accusing it of «evil profiling.»

Thus, imposing liability on Google in a defamation action based on its Autocomplete function is justified in a notice - and - takedown regime when a substantive complaint has been made.