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Texas Business Court Grants TCPA Dismissal In Departing-Employee Dispute: Key Takeaways For Businesses

In Local Marketing, Inc. v. Bennett, the Texas Business Court addressed a common dispute involving employees who depart a business to form a competing venture.

United States Employment

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Is Florida The New Hot Jurisdiction For Defamation Cases?

Florida is emerging as a favorable venue for defamation lawsuits because its long-arm statute makes it easier to bring out-of-state publishers into court—but plaintiffs still must clear the same substantive legal...

United States Litigation

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Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP

When ChatGPT Lies: What The First Wave Of AI Defamation Cases Means For Plaintiffs

AI tools are already generating false, reputation-damaging statements about real people—but early defamation lawsuits against companies like OpenAI, Google and Meta are struggling because courts are applying...

United States Litigation

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Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP

A Defining Year For Defamation: Key Decisions And Emerging Trends

The past year saw several high-profile rulings reinforcing core defamation principles, including the Supreme Court’s refusal to revisit Alex Jones’s $1.4 billion verdict, new guidance on actual malice standards...

United States Litigation

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Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP

Litigation Privilege

United States Litigation

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Beresford Booth

Supreme Court 2025: Key Free Speech Rulings

United States Litigation

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Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP

Students May Sue Professors Individually For Sexual Harassment Under Massachusetts Law

United States Employment

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Foley Hoag LLP

No Authority, No Deadlock: Vice Chancellor Laster Dismisses LLC Dissolution Petition In Dynamk

United States Commercial

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Pierson Ferdinand LLP

Two Police Officers Sue Matt Damon And Ben Affleck’s Production Company For Defamation

United States Litigation

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Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz

FTC Settles With Watchdog Journalism Non-Profit "Media Matters For America”

United States Anti-trust

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Wiggin & Dana

Only The Strong Survive: Easy Pitfalls To Avoid As A Defamation Plaintiff

United States Litigation

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Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP

FBI Director Kash Patel Sues The Atlantic For $250 Million.

United States Litigation

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Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz

The Headline Problem In Defamation Law: A Proposal For Fixing Illinois’ And Ohio’s Outdated Innocent Construction Rule

United States Litigation

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Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP

Michigan's Long-Awaited Anti-SLAPP Law: An Overview For Litigators

United States Litigation

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Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP

Sanctions Update: July 13, 2026

Worldwide International

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Steptoe LLP

Logs Of Private Emails Conducting ‘Government-Related’ Business Now Deemed Government Records Subject To OPRA Disclosure, Rules New Jersey Supreme Court

United States Government

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Lowenstein Sandler

New Jersey High Court Highlights D&O Insurance Traps For Complex Business Structures

United States Insurance

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K&L Gates LLP

New Jersey Bans The Sale Of Sensitive Data And Creates A New Data Broker Registry

United States Privacy

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McDermott Will & Schulte

United States: Employment – 2026 Mid-Year Updates

United States Employment

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Mayer Brown

Florida Court Says That Docuseries Can Be Considered Multiple Publications In A Defamation Action

The makers of a docuseries about a man who was allegedly scammed by his wife are appealing a Florida appellate court’s decision.

United States IP

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Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz

What You Need To Know About Workplace Defamation

Defamation is not just a buzzword in pop culture. It is an illegal action that can harm a person’s reputation and even their livelihood if they lose their job.

United States Employment

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The Employment Law Group

DC Court Of Appeals Provides Key Guidance On Anti-SLAPP Dismissals, Public Figure Doctrine, And Actual Malice In Defamation Cases

On March 12, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals issued a landmark decision interpreting the District’s Anti-SLAPP Act, the statutory scheme directed at deterring Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs).

United States Litigation

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ArentFox Schiff

Anonymous Liars On The Internet, And What You Can Do About Them

The Internet has provided new avenues, audiences, and protections for anonymous speakers. For whistleblowers and victims of abuse, internet anonymity can allow them to tell their stories and bring information

United States Media & IT

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Dhillon Law Group

Reimagining Securities Arbitration: FINRA Launches Broad Review Of Arbitration Rules And Requests Comment On Modernization Initiative

United States Finance

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

United States Litigation

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Beresford Booth

Epstein Files Highlight Reputational And Legal Risks Of Problematic Benefactors

United States Commercial

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Foley & Lardner

New Amendment To NYC’s Gender-Motivated Violence Act (GMVA) Expands Survivors’ Rights And Reopens Lookback Window Through July 2027

United States Litigation

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Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight

Early Evidence? Not In This Court!: Supreme Court Clarifies Federal Rules Govern Over State Law

United States Litigation

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Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP

Ninth Circuit Holds That Anti-SLAPP Denials Are Not Immediately Appealable

United States Media & IT

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Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP

New York's Anti-SLAPP Act: An Unnecessary Chill On The First Amendment Right To Petition

United States Litigation

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Carter Ledyard & Milburn

Appeals Court Looks At When Politics On Social Media Is Not Protected Petitioning

United States Media & IT

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Rich May

Corporate Arbitration Agreements At Risk Of Being Ruled Unenforceable If They Provide Companies Too Much Flexibility

United States Litigation

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Dhillon Law Group

Coleman v. Grand: Navigating The Fact-Opinion Divide In Sexual Misconduct Defamation Claims

United States Employment

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Reavis Page Jump LLP

New York's Anti-SLAPP Act: An Unnecessary Chill On The First Amendment Right To Petition

It is well established that the First Amendment's right to petition clause affords constitutional protection to the bringing of lawsuits, even those that lose, so long as not frivolous. But in recent years many states...

United States Litigation

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Carter Ledyard & Milburn

Appeals Court Looks At When Politics On Social Media Is Not Protected Petitioning

The Massachusetts Appeals Court recently decided Lucey v. Kinnon, which considered when comments on social media and local politics pages qualify...

United States Media & IT

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Rich May

Corporate Arbitration Agreements At Risk Of Being Ruled Unenforceable If They Provide Companies Too Much Flexibility

Last week, in Pizza Hazel v. American Express Co., No. 1:24-cv-12505-AK (D. Mass Sept. 19, 2025), a federal district court ruled American Express's arbitration agreement unenforceable because it was illusory.

United States Litigation

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Dhillon Law Group

Coleman v. Grand: Navigating The Fact-Opinion Divide In Sexual Misconduct Defamation Claims

When accusations of sexual harassment or assault are made public, the alleged perpetrators will not infrequently respond by filing defamation claims against their accusers.

United States Employment

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Reavis Page Jump LLP

Federal Appeals Court Dismisses Trump's Defamation Suit Against CNN

United States Litigation

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Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz

Client Alert: An Erie October Surprise: Ninth Circuit Rules Anti-SLAPP Denials Not Immediately Appealable

On October 9, 2025, in Gopher Media LLC v. Melone, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals overruled precedent established over 20 years ago in Batzel v. Smith by unanimously holding...

United States Media & IT

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Jenner & Block

Court Clarifies Boundaries Of Defamation Liability For Legal Professionals

On October 16, 2025, the US District Court for the District of Columbia issued a significant ruling in Shapley v. Lowell, dismissing with prejudice a politically charged defamation lawsuit brought against Steptoe's client...

United States Litigation

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Steptoe LLP

Florida Federal Judge Dismisses President Trump's $15B Lawsuit Against The New York Times

On Monday, President Trump sued The New York Times, several authors and New York Times reporters, and Penguin Random House for defamation seeking $15 billion dollars in damages.

United States Litigation

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Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz

Defamation In Business Disputes: Executive Held Personally Liable For False Kick-Back Accusation

On June 18, 2025, Justice Andrew Borrok of the Manhattan Commercial Division issued a post-trial decision in IGC 444 Park LLC et al. v. 444 PAS Restaurant Associates LLC et al., finding individual defendant...

United States Litigation

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Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Defamation At The Super Bowl: "I Want To Perform Their Favorite Song, But You Know They Love To Sue."

United States Litigation

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Senn Fortis

It Ends With A Lawsuit Part II: Court Dismisses Justin Baldoni's $400 Million Defamation Claim

United States Litigation

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Senn Fortis

Non-Disparagement Tips For Employers (Video)

United States Employment

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Offit Kurman

Recent U.S. Tax Court Opinion Illustrates How Language In Settlement Agreements Can Determine Tax Treatment Of Payments

United States Employment

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Littler Mendelson

Anti-Defamation League Files Title VI Complaint Against Massachusetts School District

United States Consumer

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Mayer Brown

Lively v. Wayfarer Studios LLC

United States Media & IT

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Loeb & Loeb LLP

Litigation Privilege: What Is It, And When Might It Apply?

United States Litigation

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Fennemore

Opinion-Trading Ads: MPL Challenges ASCI White Paper, Seeks $6mil In Damages

United States Media & IT

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Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)

Court Of Appeal Holds An Employee Cannot Recover Damages For Defamation Related To A Wrongful Termination Claim

United States Employment

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Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

Walters v. OpenAI, L.L.C.

United States Litigation

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Loeb & Loeb LLP

California Court Turns Up The Heat: PG&E Case Requires Employees Claiming Defamation To Prove Damages Beyond Their Termination

United States Employment

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Recent Decision Shows The Heavy Burden Of Actual Malice In Defamation Suits

United States Litigation

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Axinn

Understanding The Litigation Privilege

United States Litigation

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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Judge Dismisses Laura Loomer's Defamation Suit Against Bill Maher

United States Litigation

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Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz

Behind The Paywall: When Catchy Headlines Risk Defamation Claims

United States Litigation

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Phelps Dunbar LLP

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Non-Disparagement Tips For Employers (Video)

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Offit Kurman

Propaganda In War Video Games: A Legal Minefield For Developers (Video)

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Gamma Law

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