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The California Supreme Court reversed a judgment by the California Court of Appeals, First District, which would have allowed a trial on one of the defamation claims. [2] The lower court's decision was the first opinion to break from Zeran v. America Online, Inc. by holding that Section 230 immunity was not absolute for common law distributors.
Exxon Mobil Corp. filed a federal defamation lawsuit against California Attorney General Rob Bonta and several environmental groups, months after Bonta sued the oil and gas giant alleging that it ...
California courts have interpreted "advertising" to include almost any statement made in connection with the sale of goods or services. [24] For example, Chern v. Bank of America held that a loan officer's statement over the phone about interest rates was "advertising". [13] Conversely, Bank of the West v.
Hassell v. Bird was a case heard within the California court system related to a court-ordered removal of a defamatory user review of a law firm from the Yelp website. The case, first heard in the California Court of Appeals, First District, Division Four, unanimously ruled in favor of the law firm, ordering Yelp to remove the review in 2016.
Former President Donald Trump tried to dodge liability in E. Jean Carroll's defamation lawsuit on Tuesday, as his appeal of the case was heard by the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.
Carol Burnett v. National Enquirer, Inc. was a decision by the California Court of Appeal, which ruled that the "actual malice" required under California law for imposition of punitive damages is distinct from the "actual malice" required by New York Times Co. v. Sullivan to be liable for defaming a "public figure", and that the National Enquirer is not a "newspaper" for the purposes of ...
Pages in category "United States defamation case law" The following 51 pages are in this category, out of 51 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The case is Harvey v Netflix Inc et al, U.S. District Court, Central District of California, No. 24-04744. (Reporting by Jonathan Stempel in New York; Additional reporting by Rishabh Jaiswal in ...