by Paul Waldera | Oct 4, 2016 | Commentary
Before the internet became so prominent, criticism was contained primarily in newspapers and magazines. This allowed critics to share their honest opinions about movies, television shows, and books, with some level of protection from defamation lawsuits because they...
by Andrew Samuels | Jan 25, 2012 | Commentary
The campaign for Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul has sued the anonymous creators of a controversial video that was attributed to the campaign, claiming false designation of origin, false advertising, and defamation. The video, which has tallied over 300,000...
by Jason C. Miller | Mar 22, 2009 | Cases, Legal/Tech News, Quick Links
As courts [PDF] have established standards for subpoenas to ISPs in online defamation lawsuits, they have raised new questions. Professor Wasserman has raised the question whether these standards are a part of state substantive defamation law that federal courts would...