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	Slander and libel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Libel is defamation that is published, but can also happen in other forms, such as effigy, a motion picture, or a statue; slander refers to any verbal, unpublished, defamation.
		Modern libel and slander laws as implemented in many but not all Commonwealth nations, in the United States, and in the Republic of Ireland, are originally descended from English defamation law.
		In admiralty law, a libel was the equivalent of a civil lawsuit.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Libel (4183 words)

	Lawsuit claims libel on Web site - Roanoke.com
		Although Hamilton is believed to be the first person in Roanoke to file a libel suit against White, he is not the first to be portrayed in a negative light on a Web site that often airs racist comments.
		Hamilton's lawsuit accuses White and White Politics, the company behind overthrow.com, of defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
		In addition to being publicly embarrassed by the false charges, the lawsuit says, Hamilton was also prevented from working as a security guard after White filed identity fraud charges against him that were ultimately dropped.
	www.roanoke.com /news/roanoke/wb/wb/xp-32949 (474 words)

	Libel and Slander Brechner Report Topical Index
		Panel upholds dismissal of libel lawsuit (Daytona Beach), August 2001 (25:8), p.
		Libel suit against newspaper dismissed (Daytona Beach), September 2000 (24:9), p.
		Libel suit against ABC could be headed to trial (Miami), November 1996 (20:11), p.
	brechner.org /report_libel_slander.asp (2304 words)

	Libel Tourism - Newsweek National News - MSNBC.com
		In a growing phenomenon that lawyers have dubbed “libel tourism,” the Saudis are seeking to invoke Britain’s plaintiff-friendly libel laws to silence critics in the United States and in the international community.
		Both lawsuits stem from a February 2002 Journal story reporting that Saudi authorities were monitoring about 150 bank accounts for possible suspicious activity related to terrorism, among them, the Journal claimed, accounts maintained by businesses related to the Jameels and Al-Rajihs.
		Because of the high financial risks of libel cases, and the draconian nature of British law, libel plaintiffs in Britain sometimes file—or threaten to file—lawsuits to deter other media from reprinting a particularly sensitive story, then let the lawsuit quietly lapse once the controversy has blown over.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/3339584 (1168 words)

	Libel case chills world's papers
		If Bangoura's lawsuit were allowed to proceed simply because the stories had been accessible in Ontario through the Internet, it would mean that publishers worldwide would face the prospect of being dragged into other countries' courts for libel, no matter how remote their connection to the country might be, the Post argued.
		In Australia, in a decision known as the Gutnick case, courts allowed a man to bring a libel lawsuit in the state of Victoria against Dow Jones for a story published in its magazine Barron's, which was uploaded onto the Internet in New Jersey.
		The court threw out a libel lawsuit brought by Yousef Jameel, who sued Dow Jones over a story available on a subscriber site available in the United Kingdom, about a group of rich Saudis who may have been approached by Osama bin Laden for money and included a link to their list of names.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1358399/posts (1362 words)

	Some Priests are Suing Their Accusers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		She said the diocese was not involved in the libel litigation.
		Alzugaray is not named as a defendant in the lawsuit, although the case against the Archdiocese of Los Angeles is based on his alleged misconduct.
		He is accused in a lawsuit of molesting a girl from 1967 to 1972 while she was attending Immaculate Conception School in Monrovia.
	www.snapnetwork.org /legal_courts/priests_suing_accusers.htm (1391 words)

	Jackson Free Press \| Judge Hears Arguments in Mayor Libel Lawsuit
		Interesting report in The Meridian Star today about the lawsuit by MBN officers against Frank Melton for releasing false accusations against them to The Clarion-Ledger in 2003 (the story originally broken by the Jackson Free Press).
		Television coverage: Thursday marked the the first time since the libel lawsuit against Melton was filed that television reporters attended a hearing.
		Jumping the gun: The Meridian Star's last story on the lawsuit asserted that Melton could not be sued as an individual under the Mississippi Tort Claims Act.
	www.jacksonfreepress.com /print.php?id=7590_0_51_0 (631 words)

	POP! PR Jots: Libel Revisited - by Jeremy Pepper
		I have read in various blogs that libel suits are rarely won, or that the blog is protected by the courts.
		In public figure libel cases, the public figure has to prove that what's written is maliciously known to be false.
		The third case is currently at issue with the lawsuits against the Apple bloggers - and, the issue is whether or not those bloggers are protected as a journalist would be.
	pop-pr.blogspot.com /2005/08/libel-revisited.html (1602 words)

	OJR article: Lawyers Alarmed by International Libel Lawsuit Trend
		The Australian libel lawsuit that sent shockwaves around the Internet world two years ago was settled last week.
		The December 2002 ruling allowing the libel suit against U.S.-based Barron?s to proceed in an Australian court asserted that any publication accessible online can be held to account for violating the laws of any jurisdiction reached by the Internet.
		Libel judgments in the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries where speech is accorded less protection, as well as judgments for political speech handed down in repressive countries, would fall into that category of cases.
	ojr.org /ojr/law/1099435840.php (1772 words)

	firstamendmentcenter.org: Internet & First Amendment in Speech - Topic
		Libel & defamation topic in Press section) if the accused were known and named.
		But when the alleged libeler is anonymous, the offended individuals, corporations or other entities may try to smoke out their critics — and, they hope, suppress their criticism — by filing what have been called cyber-SLAPPs.
		In the relatively few cases involving anonymous online libel, courts have dismissed the lawsuits and/or have refused to have the identity of the anonymous critic revealed.
	www.firstamendmentcenter.org /Speech/internet/topic.aspx?topic=online_libel (1491 words)

	Roach, Huntsville television station settle libel lawsuit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Alabama senior linebacker Freddie Roach has settled his lawsuit against Huntsville television station WAFF-48 in which he alleged libel and invasion of privacy after the station misidentified him as a person wanted in connection with an August 2004 nightclub altercation in Sheffield.
		Terms of the settlement weren't released, as was specified in the settlement agreement.
		Roach's lawsuit came after the television station, in a report by J.D. Byars, said Roach was wanted by Sheffield police after he broke free from an officer after dropping a gun.
	www.decaturdaily.com /decaturdaily/sports/051119/roach.shtml (335 words)

	Libel lawsuit has undercurrent of South Hills political battle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		A long-running battle for political dominance in the city's southern wards went litigious yesterday, as a city councilman sued a foe backed by a rival group.
		The lawsuit, filed in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court, focuses on a piece of Coghill campaign literature distributed before the May 17 primary.
		Lawsuits related to political charges are hard to win, conceded Motznik's attorney, Ira Weiss.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/05187/533358.stm (568 words)

	CNNSI.com - More Sports - Bernard Hopkins named in $6 million libel lawsuit - Saturday December 22, 2001 02:43 PM
		In the lawsuit, filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, Lou DiBella accused Hopkins of ungraciously dumping him as his adviser and matchmaker after winning the title from Felix Trinidad on Sept. 29.
		The lawsuit alleged that the firing brought about negative publicity, leading Hopkins to begin "lashing back, publishing scandalous and patently false statements" about DiBella and his company, DiBella Entertainment.
		In his lawsuit, DiBella said he had nurtured the career of Hopkins for two years, providing financial and other help until the boxer could get his shot at the title.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /more/news/2001/12/22/hopkins_lawsuit_ap (291 words)

	$1 billion libel lawsuit reinstated against Akron Beacon Journal
		Ohio Valley Coal Company owner Robert Murray was near death and about his alleged reputation for dishonesty -- are at the heart of the lawsuit.
		The appeals court overruled the newspaper's argument that the statements had an "innocent construction" and sent the lawsuit back to the trial court.
		However, a question of fact remains as to whether the statements are substantially true and were stated with actual malice," the court ruled.
	www.spj.org /ohfoi/weblog/C1977618995/E1411422990/index.html (250 words)

	Online NewsHour: Mass. Judge Sues the Boston Herald for Article and a Reporter's Remarks on TV -- December 16, 2004
		Terence Smith leads a debate about a Massachusetts' judge defamation and libel lawsuit against the Boston Herald and its broader implications for reporters appearing on television.
		ALICIA MUNDY: Well, first of all, we have a judge who is suing for libel based on a story that is based on what he said as a judge officially.
		When you are in an environment that involves a libel suit, it compounds the danger.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/media/july-dec04/libel_12-16.html (1551 words)

	Law.com - Mock News Story Produces Accusation of Libel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The article was so outrageous that the average reader could not have taken it seriously, the lawyers assert.
		According to depositions in the case, the genesis of the article was an actual October 1999 incident in which Darlene Whitten ordered the detention of a 13-year-old who allegedly wrote an essay with a violent tone and turned it in at school.
		That seminal 1964 U.S. Supreme Court ruling found that to win libel cases, public officials must establish "actual malice" to prove that a publication knew its article was false or published a story with reckless disregard for whether it was true or false.
	www.law.com /jsp/article.jsp?id=1071351167437 (616 words)

	See you later, anti-Gators? \| CNET News.com
		In response to a libel lawsuit, an anti-spyware company has settled with Gator and pulled Web pages critical of the company, its practices and its software.
		The defendant in the Gator libel suit, PC Pitstop, offers software to cleanse computers of spyware and other undesirable code, and until signing a preliminary settlement with Gator on Sept. 30, vociferously targeted Gator's application.
		Libel chill is an indication of company ethics
	news.com.com /2100-1032_3-5095051.html (1367 words)

	July 10, 1999
		The U.S. Attorney, therefore, had not decided not to join the Lawsuit as Plaintiff, or not to seek indictment by the Grand Jury of the criminal allegations officially reported by the R.I.C.O. and common law libel Lawsuit, as the Docket Sheets implicitly and falsely state.
		The Jurisdictions that were invoked in the R.I.C.O. and common law libel Lawsuit were : "United States, Plaintiff" for to this jurisdiction shall be given preference, and "Diversity" as all defendants reside or have their offices out of New York, but can be sued in any federal court.
		Besides the Lawsuit demands notification of the Lawsuit to the U.S. Attorney, the Court shall notified these "officially reported" crimes to the U.S. Attorney for investigation, and this had not been done on that 4/30/99 day, before, or after,...as the Docket Sheets show.
	members.aol.com /DNA519/Report.htm (4839 words)

	Advertising Agency hit with Libel Lawsuit
		This lawsuit comes in the wake of a similar case that resulted in the Nevada Secretary of State rendering fines on Mark Brown, an executive of Station Casinos, for mailing an anonymous hit piece against Clark County Commissioner Lance Malone.
		They are requesting that the year old lawsuit be exempted from arbitration pursuant to Nevada Arbitration Rules 3 and 5 because it presents an issue of public policy, and involves an amount in excess of the financial limits placed on cases eligible for arbitration.
		Arbitration is a method used to force parties to sit down and try to settle cases prior to trial in order to cut back on the court’s case load.
	www.stevemiller4lasvegas.com /AdvertisingAgencyHitwithLibelLawsuit.htm (1130 words)

	Southpinellas: VA doctor files libel lawsuit against Times
		The former chief of medicine at Bay Pines VA Medical Center has filed a lawsuit contending that articles published in December 2003 in the St. Petersburg Times were libelous, portrayed him in a false light and invaded his privacy.
		Kennedy states in the lawsuit that the allegations were false and that the Times knew they were false or acted with reckless disregard as to whether the statement were true or false.
		The lawsuit was filed in December, but the Times was not served with it until Wednesday.
	www.sptimes.com /2006/04/06/Southpinellas/VA_doctor_files_libel.shtml (290 words)

	The Tribune - News
		Weld District Attorney Al Dominguez, who was named in the ACLU lawsuit, said he would not have charged Mink until he had time to review the Greeley police investigation.
		At best, he said he advised people to file a civil libel case that requests monetary damages instead of the criminal case that can mean jail time.
		Mink said the lawsuit has given new life to his newsletter that he was afraid would fizzle out when he graduated.
	www.greeleytrib.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040110/NEWS/101100027&rs=1 (638 words)

	Libel Lawsuit Target Says She Meant No Harm
		Libel Lawsuit Target Says She Meant No Harm
		Richmond Times-Dispatch (08/11/94) P. Doris Sheppard, a Dublin, Va., woman targeted in a $10 million libel lawsuit by Pulaski dentist Gus Vlahos, says she meant no harm by showing colleagues and family members a flier falsely claiming he has AIDS.
		Sheppard's attorney, Jimmy Turk, says his client was shocked at the repercussions she faces because she showed the document--which she found in her home-delivery newspaper box--to a few people.
	www.aegis.com /news/ads/1994/AD941411.html (437 words)

	Rod Dreher on Internet & Libel on National Review Online
		Sandra Baron, a lawyer and executive director of the Libel Defense Resource Center in New York, says amateurs voicing their opinions on the Internet have brought on an "astronomical" rise in civil libel suits in recent years.
		Professional journalists almost always have one or more courses in libel law as part of their training, and traditional media outlets rely closely on the advice of lawyers to keep themselves from crossing the defamation line.
		The Associated Press Stylebook, which has an updated section on libel law, is a must-have in newsrooms, and probably should be on the desk of every blogger.
	www.nationalreview.com /dreher/dreher091602.asp (976 words)

	_Internet Law Focus Newsletter_; Legal Information; Tax Deferred Exchanges; Slander; Libel on the Internet; Real Estate ...
		DEFINITION: Libel is the publication of a false statement, (and is not a privileged communication) which injures one's business or personal reputation.
		John Lawyer will not be able to hold you liable for Libel because it does not specifically say "John Lawyer is a crook".
		The lawsuit was settled for only $64 in court costs, but Mr.
	www.wave.net /immigration/lawyer/libel.html (1268 words)

	Jehovah's Witnesses Libel Lawsuit
		Today the Watchtower Society of Jehovah's Witnesses has brought a lawsuit against an Internet site asking for damages of $100,000 because they have been embarrassed by the intention of the Quotes site to expose their policies and writings publicly to shame.
		The claim of the lawsuit is most revealing as to content.
		There is no question of libel which defense would be proving a lie.
	i-newswire.com /goprint46604.html (729 words)

	Judge Dismisses Jockey's Libel Lawsuit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		A federal judge dismissed a libel suit by jockey Jose Santos against the Miami Herald, but the jockey's attorney said Friday that the case will probably be refiled in South Florida.
		U.S. District Judge John Heyburn II dismissed the lawsuit in December, saying the federal court in Louisville had no jurisdiction over the case.
		Attorney David Travis of Louisville, who is handling the case for Santos, said he is exploring refiling the case in South Florida.
	sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2005/02/04/sports/s094625S79.DTL (191 words)

	Alger Hiss - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		All of Chamber's testimony however was given under congressional immunity, a fact which protected him from slander and libel suits.
		After Chambers publicly reiterated his charge that Hiss was working for the Soviets on the radio program Meet the Press, Hiss instituted an eventually unsuccessful libel lawsuit against Chambers.
		Through a failed libel suit issued against him by Vassiliev, David Lowenthal furthermore discovered a considerable amount of scholarly friction that existed between the two coauthors (see [[5]]).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alger_Hiss (4671 words)

	Polanski wins libel lawsuit against Vanity Fair
		By AP LONDON -- Filmmaker Roman Polanski on Friday won his libel suit against Vanity Fair magazine over an article that accused him of propositioning a woman while on the way to the funeral of his murdered wife, Sharon Tate.
		Polanski's lawyer, John Kelsey-Fry, said Polanski had been "monstrously libeled for the sake of a lurid anecdote." The director's lawyers deny that the incident ever occurred.
		Conde Nast is based in New York, but libel actions concerning the international media are often brought in British courts because they are considered friendlier to claimants than U.S. courts.
	www.hollywoodreporter.com /thr/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000990517 (617 words)

	U.S. court says no to Web libel lawsuit \| CNET News.com
		The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals said two Connecticut newspapers could not be sued for libel in a Virginia court on the basis of allegedly defamatory articles posted on their Web sites.
		In the decision, released last Friday, a three-judge panel unanimously tossed out a Virginia prison warden's lawsuit against the Hartford Courant and the New Haven Advocate.
		The Connecticut papers published a series of articles and columns on the state's controversial practice of transferring inmates in overcrowded prisons to a "supermax" prison in Big Stone Gap, Va. Warden Stanley Young was not mentioned in any of the reports, but one column criticized his prison in no uncertain terms.
	news.com.com /2100-1023-978069.html (568 words)

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