Facebook ‘likes’ admissible in libel trial, rules Court 
Published: September 21, 2012
Tags: Facebook, libel
The number of “likes” on a libel defendant’s Facebook page was admissible on the issues of publication and intent, a U.S. District Court in Virginia has ruled in denying a new trial.
Ousted preacher collects award for libel, slander
By:
Phillip Bantz
Published: October 24, 2011
Tags: breach of contract, libel, slander, South Carolina, tax evasion, wrongful discharge
After a relatively minor tax mistake triggered a series of increasingly bitter and bizarre spats between a South Carolina pastor and the church he led for 18 years, a jury ultimately awarded him a six-figure verdict for his suffering.
Hotel maid files libel suit in sex assault case
Published: July 8, 2011
Tags: libel, New York, sex assault
The hotel maid at the center of the now-teetering sex assault case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn filed a libel lawsuit against the New York Post after the tabloid reported she was a prostitute.
Student scores $5M verdict against newspaper
By:
Alan Cooper
Published: February 17, 2011
Tags: libel
Virginia high school student Patrick Bristol told a reporter for The Virginian-Pilot that fellow student Kevin Webb routinely shoved and taunted him at school. The Pilot reported that allegation as fact, an assertion that Webb denied before jury.
Jury returns $5 million libel verdict against newspaper
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: February 15, 2011
Tags: bullying, libel, Virginia
A former high school athlete has won a $5 million libel verdict against The Virginian-Pilot newspaper in Norfolk.
Manufacturer can’t sue lawyer over advertisement
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: May 18, 2010
Tags: anti-SLAPP law, attorney advertising, class action, defamation, libel, product liability
A state law protecting free speech insulates a product liability lawyer from liability for running an advertisement notifying consumers of potential claims against particular manufacturers, the California Supreme Court has ruled.
Doctor wins $10M libel case
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: August 31, 2009
Tags: libel
A Florida jury on Friday sided with a Tampa Bay doctor in a libel suit against Times Publishing Co., the parent company of the St. Petersburg Times.
Fox News not liable for reporting Internet spoof
By:
Nora Tooher
Published: March 25, 2009
Tags: defamation, libel
Fox News is not liable for reporting as true a satirical Internet report of a school superintendent’s handling of an alleged hate crime, the 1st Circuit has ruled.
