Gavin McInnes v. SPLC
Ron ColemanAlthough the SPLC Hate Designations are not empirical statements of fact, and are frequently entirely counter-factual, the SPLC Hate Designations are nonetheless intended by SPLC and treated by the mainstream…
I’m with Popehat
Ron ColemanDo you like defamation cases? Cases involving blogging and social media? How about SLAPP motions in cases involving defamation and blogging and social media and Patterico?! And what if they’re…
Goldman Sachs, those big losers!
Remember Mike Morgan, the flaky sort who dast challenge the mighty Men of Gold? Now it’s over, like just another paid-back multi-billion dollar loan, and here’s how it all ends…
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing
Knoxnews.com reports: Unsuccessful state House candidate Roger Byrge is suing Republican Rep. Stacey Campfield for libel. Byrge, a Democrat who lost his East Tennessee race by fewer than 400 votes,…
“Consumer fraud”: The new online speech control law?
Ron ColemanGet this: New Jersey prosecutors have subpoenaed records of JuicyCampus.com, a Web site that publishes anonymous, often malicious gossip about college students. Language on the site ranges from catty to…
Who are you to say?
We all love loopholes. Concurring Opinions writes here about the Seinfeld defamation lawsuit, and asks: How broad, really, is the “opinion” loophole? Having read a few cases in this area,…
No recourse
James C. Goodale, the former vice chairman of The New York Times, in the New York Law Journal (registration required): Until the Internet came along, a publisher/distributor, similar to Mr.…
Power Line to the DNC: Sue us
Power Line asserts the “actual malice” standard to defend itself against a threatened defamation suit against just about everyone from the Democratic National Committee. (Via Insty.) They’re right about the…
Blogger lawsuit resolved
Just Another Pretty Farce indeed! By the way, download Glenn Reynolds’s article (we’ve linked to it before) on online defamation. It… it would mean a lot to him.
More on blogger immunity for libel
Instapundit.com said it perfectly well, and he can afford the occasional wholesale lifting of an item, can’t he? MORE ON BLOGGER IMMUNITY FOR LIBEL in posts by blog-commenters, from the…
Defamation online
It’s our future. Instapundit rounds up developments, which Julie Hilden is all over. I’ve made my point on this topic — less a legal than a cultural observation.
Libel in the blogosphere
Glenn Reynolds wonders aloud whether the Maine blogger dustup (UPDATE: suit withdrawn!) will generate some interest in his new “libel in the blogosphere” article. Well, what is LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION…
Defamation and Bloggers, Once and For All
Question I seem to get every week: What’s with blogs and defamation? Coleman, are you pro? Con? Here’s what appears New Communications Blogzine, that is far more information than I’m…