January 2022

Reuters Gets Jerry Falwell Jr.’s Personal Trainer’s Lawsuit Dismissed

Subsequent Hyperlinks & Re-Tweets Not Republication

By Abigail Zeitlin and Kate Bolger

PUBLISHED IN: MediaLawLetter January 2022

TOPICS : Defamation

A Virginia federal district court has rejected arguments to allow subsequent hyperlinks and third-party tweets to an article to restart the statute of limitations on a defamation claim.

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