by Sydney Smith on Nov 13, 2010
Tweets Lead to Arrests, Libel Suits, Fines in British Courts
Media Briefs... In the U.K. this week, a politician was arrested, a cricket player has been sued for libel, and...
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by Sydney Smith on Nov 10, 2010
Daily Telegraph Apologizes to Cristiano Ronaldo for 2008 Libelous Story
Cristiano Ronaldo won a libel case against the UK Daily Telegraph for a July 2008 story alleging the soccer player...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 11, 2010
Canadian Newspaper Demands Radio Station’s Anonymous Sources for Defamation Lawsuit
A Canadian newspaper is taking a radio station to court to force the station to reveal its anonymous sources. This is...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 04, 2010
In Touch & Call Girl Sued over David Beckham Affair Story
Is this signaling the end of libel tourism? In an interesting twist, The Daily Express reports that Irma Nici, who...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 27, 2010
Toronto Sun Retracts Column, Apologizes to George Soros after Threat of Defamation Lawsuit
The Toronto Sun retracted a column and issued an apology to billionaire George Soros earlier this month after "receiving a...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 25, 2010
David Beckham demands front page apology after In Touch’s hooker story?
Soccer player David Beckham is reported to expect In Touch magazine to publish a front-page retraction after the magazine ran...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 27, 2010
U.S. Libel Tourism Protection Act Signed into Law, British Activists See Call for Reform
In mid-August, President Barack Obama signed into law the SPEECH Act. The new law, quickly passed by the House of...
by Robert Buckman on Aug 18, 2010
Kyron Horman’s Stepmom, Terri: Convicted by the media before any arrest?
The media frenzy this summer surrounding the disappearance of 7-year-old Kyron Horman in Portland, Ore., and the suspicion being focused...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 07, 2010
Historian and Wife Apologize, Pay Two Authors Defamed in Online “Poison Pen” Reviews
Professor Orlando Figes, the high-profile London historian who earlier this year fessed up to writing defamatory anonymous reviews of competitors' work on...