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Laurence Fox Loses Libel Case After Using Paedophile Slur on Social Media
Actor and Reclaim Party leader Laurence Fox has lost a libel case in which he was called a 'racist' and responded by calling two people 'paedophiles.'
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Depp Retakes Witness Stand, Calls Heard’s Allegations Insane
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Amber Heard Concludes Testimony in Johnny Depp Libel Trial
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UK MPs Told of ‘Bullyboy Tactics’ Used in SLAPP Lawsuits
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He Said, She Said: Accounts From Depp and Heard Rarely Match
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Amber Heard Takes Stand in Johnny Depp’s Libel Lawsuit
FAIRFAX, Va.—Amber Heard said she knew she should leave Johnny Depp the first time he hit her, but ...
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Depp Libel Suit Moves Ahead Against Heard After Resting Case
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Depp’s Agent Calls Heard Op-ed Piece on Abuse ‘Catastrophic’
FALLS CHURCH, Va.—Johnny Depp's agent testified Monday that his ex-wife's 2018 op-ed piece in The Washington Post describing ...
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Tommy Robinson Must Wait for Ruling on Syrian Teenager’s Libel Claim
Tommy Robinson faces a wait to find out whether he has won or lost a libel case brought ...
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Are the Courts Moving to Require a More Responsible Press?
Commentary In 1964, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in the case of Sullivan v. the New ...
March 22, 2021
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Federal Judge Claims Democrats Are Close to Controlling All Major News Outlets
A federal judge last week said that the Democratic Party is close to controlling the press as he ...
March 20, 2021
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Rittenhouse to Sue Biden for Libel
The lawyers of Kyle Rittenhouse are preparing a lawsuit against Biden and his campaign. They claim Biden’s campaign ...
October 2, 2020
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Kevin Hogan
Rewrite Libel Law and Bring Truth Back Into the News
Commentary President Donald Trump had a pithy observation the other day regarding the upcoming presidential campaign. “My biggest ...
August 17, 2020
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Trump Campaign Sues The Washington Post for Russia-Related Libel
The campaign of President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit against The Washington Post, alleging the paper published two ...
March 4, 2020
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Even in the Days of ‘Fake News,’ a Public Figure Faces Uphill Battle in Potential Defamation Lawsuit
Commentary The New York Times recently published an article that included a new allegation of sexual misconduct against Justice Brett ...
September 18, 2019
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Covington Students Sue NYT Reporter, CNN Analysts, Sen. Warren for Libel
Eight students from Covington Catholic School have filed a lawsuit against reporters, media personalities, and a sitting senator ...
August 3, 2019
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Zachary Stieber
Reporters Without Borders Slams Pro-China Taiwanese Media Over Lawsuit Against Foreign Journalist
TAIPEI, Taiwan—The nonprofit Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has rebuked a Taiwanese pro-Beijing media outlet for launching a libel ...
July 25, 2019
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Trump Calls for Changes to Libel Laws After Columnist Attributes Fake Quote to President
President Donald Trump called for changes to libel laws after a Time magazine editor admitted to making up ...
May 27, 2019
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Ivan Pentchoukov
Lawyer for Covington Student: Letters Sent to Dozens Of Media Outlets, Celebrities to Preserve Evidence for Lawsuit
Ahead of a potential defamation lawsuit, lawyers for Covington Catholic High School student Nick Sandmann sent letters on ...
February 2, 2019
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Covington Students’ Lawyer Receives Bomb Threat
Robert Barnes, the lawyer for the Covington Catholic High School students who were the focus of a recent ...
January 24, 2019
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