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Jan 2025

Defamation Lawsuit against Baby Reindeer Survives Motion to Dismiss

Rachel Oh

The court held that plaintiff, Scottish law graduate Fiona Harvey, sufficiently pled that the series was “of and concerning” her and published with actual malice. Key to the court’s ruling was an opening title card stating “this is a true story” which it found outweighed a disclaimer at the end of each episode that the…

Dec 2024

Australia Adopts Statutory Tort for Serious Invasions of Privacy

Patrick Considine and Peter Bartlett

This new cause of action empowers individuals to sue another person or entity where that person or entity invaded the individual’s privacy by intruding upon their seclusion or misusing information relating to them. 

Aug 2024

“Vanderpump Rules” Revenge Porn Lawsuit May Proceed, Judge Rules

Matt Kristoffersen

Judge Crowley reasoned that Madix did not have her boyfriend’s consent to access the contents of his phone.

Jun 2024

Court Dismisses False Light Claim Against New York Magazine Over “The Case of the Fake Sherlock”

Kaitlin Gurney, Chad Bowman, and Isabella Salomão Nascimento

In a decision reaffirming the Third Circuit’s actual malice pleading requirement, a Pennsylvania judge granted Vox’s motion to dismiss a renowned armchair detective’s false light invasion of privacy claim.

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May 2024

With the ELVIS Act, Tennessee Shows its Burning Love for Recording Artists

David Zeitlin and Robb Harvey

Tennessee, home to both Music City® (Nashville) and the Blues (Memphis), has taken a swing at regulating generative AI’s potential harm to musicians and recording artists.

Mar 2024

Jury Awards $25M in Damages, Including $20M in Punitive Damages, for The Oklahoman’s Misattribution of Racial Slur

Michael Norwick

Actual malice finding and massive punitive award comes notwithstanding the Gannett-owned newspaper’s correction of the error within two and a half hours.

Jan 2024

Lawsuit Over Alleged CIA Spying on Assange Visitors May Proceed in Part

Matt Kristoffersen

Four Americans may now proceed with their lawsuit against the Central Intelligence Agency for allegedly copying data from their devices while visiting Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.

Dec 2023

Another Unconstitutional Defamation Bill Proposed in Florida

Jim Lake

Proposed 2024 legislation would penalize use of anonymous sources and codify the ability of defamation plaintiffs to sue anywhere in the state for speech posted online.

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Nov 2023

Defamation Action Against The National Enquirer Dismissed on Summary Judgment

Robert S. Gutierrez

After more than three years of litigation with three successive law firms, talent manager Michael Sanchez’s defamation action against the National Enquirer was dismissed on summary judgment in August by Judge Dolly Gee. Yet it was not until October that the storied lawsuit was officially over.

Oct 2023

Utah State Records Panel Rules that Public Universities Must Disclose NIL Contracts

Jeffrey J. Hunt and Maria J. DeMarco

A government body — perhaps for the first time — has ruled that name, image, and likeness contracts that college athletes submit to public universities are public records and not protected from disclosure under the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).