Sarah Palin, New York Times to Face Off in Defamation Retrial April 11, 2025 By Jonathan Stempel Sarah Palin and the New York Times are headed back to a courtroom where the former Alaska governor and Republican...
Meta Wins Halt to Promotion of Tell-All Book by Ex-Employee It Says Is Defamatory March 14, 2025 Meta Platforms on Wednesday won an emergency arbitration ruling to temporarily stop promotion of the tell-all book “Careless People” by...
Murdoch’s News Group Settles With Prince Harry, Leaving Questions Unanswered January 24, 2025 Following a dramatic last-minute settlement in court, Prince Harry has again been victorious in his mission to take on the...
US Supreme Court Rebuffs Meta Bid to Avoid Advertisers’ Lawsuit January 14, 2025 By Jonathan Stempel The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a bid by Meta Platforms to avoid a multi-billion dollar class...
Trump’s Lawyers Take Broad Approach in Suits Against Media December 26, 2024 By Jack Queen and Helen Coster President-elect Donald Trump is adopting a wide-ranging legal strategy in suing media companies over what he describes as false or...
Donald Trump Sues Iowa Newspaper Over Pre-Election Poll December 19, 2024 By David Bauder President-elect Donald Trump sued the Des Moines Register and its pollster for “brazen election interference” in publishing a survey the...
Prince Harry’s Phone-Hacking Lawsuit Against Daily Mail to Go to Trial in 2026 November 27, 2024 By Sam Tobin Prince Harry and other high-profile British figures’ privacy lawsuits against the Daily Mail newspaper’s publisher will go to trial in...
Judge Weighs ‘Real Housewives of New York’ Cast Member’s Abuse Allegations November 20, 2024 By Larry Neumeister The lawyer for a former cast member of the “Real Housewives of New York” told a federal judge Thursday that...
Judge Sets April Trial Date for Palin’s Libel Claim Against New York Times November 15, 2024 By Larry Neumeister A federal judge set an April retrial date on Tuesday for Sarah Palin’s libel case against The New York Times,...
How Social Media Complicates Defamation Claims and How to Handle Them September 12, 2024 By Andrew G. Simpson Five professional models who sued long after a state’s three year statute of limitations expired may pursue their defamation claims...