Archive for ‘Libel’
Wally Butts eats his Wheaties
This ad ran in comic books in the 1960s and was posted by a blogger I follow. Wally Butts doesn’t take kindly to libel, as we learn in Curtis Publishing v. Butts. More »
Court orders three H-1B sites disabled over libel claim
It strikes me this is an unconstitutional prior restraint. How is this any different than Near v. Minnesota? More »
Moore Libel? Demi’s lawyers threaten Boing Boing over photo analysis
Is it libelous to speculate whether someone’s anatomy has been digitally altered? I don’t see how this harms Demi Moore’s reputation. More »
Identification for libel
A recent decision in Tennessee describes the identification rule for libel as quoted by Volokh. More »