A 1964 Supreme Court decision affords the press strong protections against costly defamation lawsuits. That’s why a dangerous new movement is trying to overturn it. Trump’s litigiousness dates back to ...

In New York Times Co. v. Sullivan four years ago, the Supreme Court laid down tough constitutional limitations on libel recoveries by public officials. “A defamatory falsehood relating to his official ...

Ms. Jones is a professor of law at the University of Utah. In the days since a New York jury ordered Donald Trump to pay $83.3 million in damages to the libel plaintiff E. Jean Carroll, the question ...

Defamation, slander, and libel are terms that are frequently confused with each other, LegalZoom says. They all fall into the same category of law and have to do with communications that falsely ...

President Donald Trump promised to take his issues with mainstream media coverage of him to another level during the campaign. Trump said multiple times that he would be in favor of changing the libel ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has recommended the amendment of certain provisions under the ...

Meier Watkins Phillips Pusch helped a New Zealand businessman vindicate his reputation in a libel lawsuit. Counsel for the plaintiff previously helped Dominion Voting Systems secure a $787 million ...

Man charged with criminal libel for comments he allegedly posted on Craigslist. Dec. 2, 2008— -- A Colorado man accused of posting comments about his ex-girlfriend on the Web site Craigslist has ...

“Heed Their Rising Voices,” proclaimed the full-page ad that appeared in the Tuesday, March 29, 1960, edition of the New York Times. The ad requested donations to support the legal defense of Martin ...

Criminal libel is usually associated with countries that lack First Amendment-style protections, but Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson has decided to use the little-known — and some say ...