by Sydney Smith on May 16, 2010
NJ Supreme Court Rules media can’t be sued for accurately reporting pretrial documents
In a split decision, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that media outlets cannot be sued for reporting from pretrial...
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by Sydney Smith on May 01, 2010
NJ Court rules : Blogger Shellee Hale not a journalist, new media not news media
A New Jersey appeals court upheld a lower court's ruling that a blogger isn't afforded the source protections a traditional...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 30, 2010
Historian Orlando Figes Admits He Wrote Defamatory Reviews of Competition’s Work
In what The New York TImes called “the most exciting scandal to emerge from Britain’s historian community since --- well,...
by Paul Sillitoe & Mako John Kuwimb on Apr 28, 2010
Rebutting Jared Diamond’s Savage Portrait
How do tribal communities in developing countries without functioning police, judges, law courts and prisons ensure social stability? This question...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 10, 2010
Canada Case Could Make Web Users Responsible for Content of Posted Links
The Supreme Court of Canada agreed last week to hear a case that would decide if linking to a Web site...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 02, 2010
Will the UK remain a “libel tourist” destination?
Libel laws in Britain might become a little less public-friendly and a little more media-friendly. That is, if changes to legislation...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 23, 2010
Cambridge U Press backs authors against Jared Diamond’s Nature review
Yesterday, Cambridge University Press publicly backed their authors' protest of Nature journal's review of their book Questioning Collapse that was...
by Molika Ashford on Feb 02, 2010
Vaccine Libel Suit Challenges Another Science Journalist
Libel law is a vital tool for protecting people from the harm of journalism gone wrong. Recently, however, some experts...
by Molika Ashford on Dec 11, 2009
Professor Sues Wesleyan After His Photo Was Mistaken for Campus Murder Suspect Stephen P. Morgan
Usually media errors claim few dramatic victims: a misspelling here, a fake photo there, but no real harm to private...