Archive for ‘Libel’

A federal judge dismissed a libel suit against Rolling Stone brought by three members of a University of Virginia fraternity identified as the site of a gang rape in an article that has since been discredited. More »

Leonardo DiCaprio must testify in “Wolf of Wall Street” libel case More »

Jackson Walker partner Paul Watler has a great column this week on Greer v. Abraham and Sullivan v. Abraham, two Supreme Court of Texas cases this year related to Texas’ anti-SLAPP law. More »

Don’t expect the debate between the NFL and the New York Times—or any other disagreement over a media portrayal of concussions in the NFL—to wind up in court. More »

Source: Drinking tweets are just ‘part of my schtick,’ Blake… More »

Scotland’s news media industry has united to back The Herald’s campaign for libel reform. More »

NewsChannel 5 has asked a judge to dismiss a $200 million libel lawsuit filed by Nashville DA Glenn Funk. More »

“A Port Arthur pediatrician has been punished by the Texas Medical Board after the Board found she engaged in sexual contact with a patient”. More »

Rolling Stone Magazine’s lawyers filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit by three former members of the fraternity maligned by the publication in a now-retracted article alleging a gang rape. The three former members of the University of Virginia chapter of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity claim in their lawsuit that they were easily identified as potential rapists in Rolling Stone’s expose. The students claim their names and hometowns were listed online following the article, and that their names will forever be associated with the alleged gang rape. Attorneys for Rolling Stone dispute this, writing No reasonable reader would understand from the article and the proffered extrinsic evidence that plaintiffs are identified as the perpetrators. More »

Abbott signs law giving reporters extra libel protection

Source: Abbott signs law giving reporters extra libel protection More »