Defamation News
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By AFP
Sydney -
Hollywood star Geoffrey Rush won a record multimillion-dollar payout Thursday after an appeal by a Rupert Murdoch-owned newspaper against a defamation ruling was thrown out by an Australian court.
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Recent court filings show that Vernon Unsworth a British cave diver has filed a defamation suit against Tesla CEO Elon Musk for defamation. Among other issues, Musk repeatedly accused Unsworth of being a pedophile.
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By AFP
Paris -
French presidential frontrunner Emmanuel Macron filed a complaint Thursday after his far-right rival Marine Le Pen implied he had an "offshore account in the Bahamas", an aide said.
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Atlanta -
At a time when "fake news" is making headlines, a judge has refused to dismiss a defamation suit brought against CNN. A former hospital CEO claims he was defamed after the network reported his hospital had a higher than average number of infant deaths.
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President-elect Donald Trump tweeted Sunday, without evidence, that he would have won the popular vote if "millions" hadn't voted illegally.
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Los Angeles -
James Woods, filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles' superior court alleging that an unknown user named "Abe List" made negative statements on Twitter about the Hollywood actor — namely calling him a "cocaine addict."
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Glenn Beck, the famous conservative political commentator, has created the possibility of a groundbreaking legal precedent while defending himself in a defamation lawsuit.
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Ryde -
Lord McAlpine has sued and received large libel payouts from both the BBC and ITV; he is suing other people too, but he won't sue David Icke, not though for the reasons the latter may think.
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London -
A comedian who sued for libel after being branded a “racist” has been awarded £54,900 damages. Does that mean we are all due for a payout?
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London -
GetUp! is an independent movement to build a progressive Australia and bring participation back into the country's democracy. They support human rights, Julian Assange and WikiLeaks.
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Robert Thompson and Jon Venables were both back in the news this week. One story had a humorous angle to it. The other was anything but funny.
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London -
Yesterday, the Leveson Inquiry continued with testimony from, among others, Sheryl Gascoigne, the former wife of former professional soccer player Paul Gascoigne. She was cross-examined in some detail.
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Ryde -
David Icke sees himself as a fearless exposer of financial corruption, terrorism and sexual abuse. Others regard him as a latter day Don Quixote.
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London -
Chris Jefferies may not be in the first flush of youth, but at the High Court today he was awarded a tidy sum to supplement his pension.
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This is a lengthy analysis of a claim earlier this week by Brasscheck TV that YouTube is censoring videos under pressure from governments.
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Kuala Lumpur -
It's an unprecedented settlement in a legal case involving a publishing conglomerate, Blu Inc Media, and a well-known Malaysian social activist, Fahmi Fadzil. Fadzil was ordered to tweet an apology 100 times on Twitter over 3 days.
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An in-depth analysis of the state of the law of defamation in Britain and the ongoing attempts ostensibly to reform it with some insight into the motives of those who seek to do so.
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An article relating to super injunctions based on recent media reports including a discussion on the BBC Television programme "The Big Questions".
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Ottawa -
Sometimes the little guy can take on big government -- and walk away a winner. That was the case for former student, Steven Schnoor, who took on the Canadian Government and former Canadian Ambassador to Guatemala, Kenneth Cook.
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A news release today tells of a former Internet forum operator whose book royalties are being seized to compensate a victim of defamation, revealing again some of the increasing user/forum/ risks in social networking.
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Cynthia Nixon, who plays Miranda in Sex and the City, was honoured for her gay advocacy last night (Saturday) at the 21st annual GLAAD Media Awards in New York.
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Sarah Palin's attorney has issued a statement that she will pursue those who have written 'defamatory' material about her. This comes on the heels of Palin resigning from her position as Governor of the state of Alaska.
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Only 17 per cent of the world’s population lives in countries that have a free press. The report published recently by Freedom House, clearly shows how journalists and writers are still subject to violence and punitive laws.
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In the new Wild West of the Internet where anything goes, cyber bullying is on the increase and targeting the vulnerable. Research has found 1 in 3 children in the United Kingdom has been cyber-attacked. Women and minorities are targets as well.
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Following the local and national spreading of claims that Houston police brutally beat Marvin Driver Jr, the father of NFL player Donald Driver, the police have been cleared and are now filing a defamation lawsuit. Quanell X has been named in the suit.
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Green activists from Goa are upset over the Rs.500 crore defamation suit filed against Sebestian Rodrigues by Fomento Industries against anti-mining activist Seby Rodrigues, at the Kolkata High Court.
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Wanton open-cast mining in Goa has devastated the countryside, destroyed forests and severely damaged valuable water resources. Entire villages have seen their crops destroyed by mine slurry and their land reduced to desert, in Goa
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Google Inc's India subsidiary is being sued for alleged defamation in the Bombay High Court by an Indian construction equipment company.
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In the first case of its kind in Britain, a businessman is suing Google for the publication of material on the internet that is malicious, inaccurate or damaging. The thrust of the legal action is to make search engines accountable for internet content.
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Brian Leveson presiding over his inquiry.
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