The website for the Communication Law course at Abilene Christian University
We discussed Billie Sol Estes’ fraud trial today and the subsequent reversal by the U.S. Supreme Court of his conviction. Former Comm Law student Matt Maxwell and friend Katie Riggs bumped into Mr. Estes at the dinner last week to honor Bob Hunter.
This is a reminder that bad journalism isn’t necessarily actionable. More »
A decision like this seems to me to undermine the potential for false light claims. If the tort is rejected in cases where libel is not an option (such as Texas), then there seems very little use for it. More »
Here’s a dilution example. FYI, this van does not have a search engine under the hood.
The First Amendment Center has more on the U.K. court decision on libel. More »
