October 2024

Brett Favre’s Defamation Suit Gets Sacked by Fifth Circuit

By Mark Fijman

PUBLISHED IN: MediaLawLetter October 2024

TOPICS : Defamation

The court concluded that Mississippi defamation law protected Sharpe’s pointed commentary as non-actionable opinion based on disclosed factual premises.

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