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A comprehensive White Paper heralding Justice Brennan’s opinion, countering the arguments made by its chief critics, and analyzing the role of actual malice in contemporary litigation.

This new edition builds on the excellent work done in past versions of the Practice Guide by adding important new case law to existing sections, as well as adding new sections. Most notably, the Practice Guide now includes an in-depth look at the pleading standards for actual malice under the Supreme Court’s Twombly and Iqbal…