The Supreme Court is declining to revive a defamation lawsuit against Bill Cosby that was filed by a woman who says he raped her and later spread lies about her when she came forward. The high court on Tuesday rejected …
Online review site Yelp.com cannot be ordered to remove posts against a San Francisco law firm that a judge determined were defamatory, a divided California Supreme Court ruled Monday in a closely watched case that internet companies warned could be …
The takeaway from a recent court decision – proceed cautiously when choosing the name of a home Wi-Fi network. The case arose when Jeffrey and Dona Hall changed their home wireless internet name to read “Dennis & Wanda Irishes stocking …
A Texas jury has awarded a wedding photographer more than $1 million after determining a newly married couple unhappy with her work launched a social media campaign to post falsehoods about her. The Dallas County jury found Friday that the …
Courtney Love spent almost six years in litigation accused of libeling her former attorney in a Twitter post that was visible for less than 10 minutes. She paid a reported $780,000 in settlements as a result of two other defamation …
In a decision filed August 5, 2016, the United Stated District Court for the Northern District of California, applying California law, held that a wine dealer’s commercial general liability insurance policy excludes coverage for the dealer’s misappropriation of a third …
Lawyers for a man who was mistakenly identified as his twin brother in a news release after he was arrested in Hall County, Ga., say his civil suit will move forward despite their client’s death. The Times of Gainesville reported …
A federal judge has ruled against an online retailer that tried to force a Utah couple to pay $3,500 over a critical online review. U.S. District Judge Dee Benson entered a default judgment on April 30 in favor of John …
One of three men acquitted last month of trying to carjack the Pittsburgh Steelers’ Mike Adams sued the lineman Tuesday, saying Adams lied when he claimed the man had a gun and threatened Adams. Adams and Allegheny County prosecutors claimed …
Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura contends he isn’t going after the widow of slain “American Sniper” author Chris Kyle by continuing his defamation lawsuit, but rather the publisher’s insurance company. “It’s not me against her,” Ventura said in a wide-ranging …