Netflix Must Face Defamation Lawsuit by Prosecutor Over Central Park Five Case August 10, 2021 By Jonathan Stempel A federal judge on Monday ordered Netflix Inc. to face a defamation lawsuit by former Manhattan prosecutor Linda Fairstein over...
Former Massachusetts School Superintendent Alleges Anti-Gay Discrimination August 9, 2021 The former superintendent of Hull public schools in Hull, Massachusetts, alleges in a lawsuit that he was discriminated against because...
Ex-Shake Shack Worker in New York Accused of Poisoning Cops’ Shakes Sues June 18, 2021 A former New York Shake Shack manager has filed a lawsuit against the Detectives’ Endowment Association, the Police Benevolent Association,...
Attorney Dershowitz Files $80 Million Defamation Suit Against Netflix May 28, 2021 Attorney and Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz is suing Netflix for $80 million over his portrayal in the streaming service’s...
Judge Allows Palin Defamation Suit Against New York Times August 31, 2020 By Jonathan Stempel A federal judge on Friday rejected the New York Times’ bid to dismiss Sarah Palin’s defamation lawsuit over a 2017...
Harvard Professor Drops ‘Clickbait’ Lawsuit After NYT Alters Story April 16, 2020 A Harvard University law professor dropped his defamation lawsuit against The New York Times on Monday after the newspaper changed...
Harvard Professor Takes Aim at ‘Clickbait’ With Defamation Suit Against New York Times January 14, 2020 By Andrew G. Simpson A Harvard University professor known as an expert in intellectual property is suing the New York Times for its publication...
India’s Top Court Reaffirms Content Immunity for Internet Firms in Google Case December 10, 2019 By Upmanyu Trivedi Alphabet Inc.’s Google isn’t liable for defamatory content posted on its platforms after 2009, India’s top court ruled, reaffirming immunity...
OJ Simpson Sues Las Vegas Casino Saying He Was Defamed November 12, 2019 By Ken Ritter O.J. Simpson is suing a Las Vegas hotel-casino that banned him in November 2017, alleging that unnamed employees defamed him...
Conservative TV Channel Sues MSNBC’s Maddow for Calling It ‘Paid Propaganda’ September 11, 2019 A conservative television network has sued MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow for more than $10 million for calling it “paid Russian propaganda.”...