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In no state can a defamation claim be successfully maintained if the allegedly defamed person is deceased. Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996 generally immunizes from liability parties that create fora on the Internet in which defamation occurs from liability for statements published by third parties. This has the effect of ...
New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254 (1964), was a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision ruling that the freedom of speech protections in the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution restrict the ability of public officials to sue for defamation.
Defamation is a communication that injures a third party's reputation and causes a legally redressable injury. The precise legal definition of defamation varies from country to country. It is not necessarily restricted to making assertions that are falsifiable, and can extend to concepts that are more abstract than reputation – like dignity ...
(Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear a bid by a prominent former West Virginia mining company executive to make it easier for public figures to sue for defamation in a ...
A Florida bill introduced last week would make it easier to successfully sue news media for defamation, with several provisions that defy landmark Supreme Court rulings on First Amendment rights.
A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday ruled that a former Yale University student can proceed with a defamation suit against a fellow student who accused him of rape. The unanimous ruling by a three ...