The judge in a high-stakes defamation lawsuit against CNN ruled on Tuesday that U.S. Navy veteran Zachary Young "did not act illegally or criminally" despite what the network reported on air. Young ...

Explore the differences between slander and libel, understand legal implications, and see real-world examples to better grasp defamation law.

On October 10, 2023, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill (AB) No. 933. The new law provides further protection to individuals who are victims of sexual offenses and are sued under ...

Meier Watkins Phillips Pusch helped a New Zealand businessman vindicate his reputation in a libel lawsuit. Counsel for the plaintiff previously helped Dominion Voting Systems secure a $787 million ...

Defamation is the act of communicating false statements about a person that injures their reputation. Legal protections for a person’s reputation go back to common law and were well developed over the ...

A state Senate panel on Wednesday gave initial approval to a proposal that would change the state's defamation laws, with critics of the measure calling it unconstitutional, vague and ...

Defamation generally refers to a false statement that is made to a third party, either verbally (slander) or in writing (libel), that results in injury to the plaintiff’s reputation. As demonstrated ...

A recently introduced bill in the Florida Senate seeks to remake defamation law, scraping major constitutional protections for disparaging speech. It's extremely similar to another proposed law ...

Delaware’s UPEPA UPEPA puts defamation plaintiffs on the hook for attorney fees if courts rule the defendants are immune from suit. The law passed both houses of the Delaware legislature unanimously, ...