May 2020

MediaLawLetter May 2020

PUBLICATION: MediaLawLetter

President Trump Is a Libel Bully Again and It’s Worse: He’s Suing from the White House; Third Circuit Dismisses “Trump Mini-Me’s” Defamation and False Light Case Against Newsweek; Cancer Researcher Loses Libel Suit vs. New York Times Source; En Banc Court Denies Author Access to Historic Grand Jury Records About Mass Lynching; and more.

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President Trump Is a Libel Bully Again and It’s Worse: He’s Suing from the White House

Susan E. Seager

Donald J. Trump the Libel Bully is back. But this time, rather than filing frivolous libel lawsuits against the press as a private citizen, Trump is filing meritless lawsuits against the press as president of the United States.

TOPICS : Anti-SLAPP, Defamation, Defamatory Meaning, Fair Report & Other Privileges, Fault, Opinion