A local bakery accused the college of defamation after students launched a public campaign against the store for racial profiling. Oberlin mounted a free speech defense.
An allegedly bogus dossier on plaintiff was sent by defendant to a third party in 2003 -- and then hit the news in 2017. Can plaintiff sue for libel?
Thomas thinks the Supreme Court may have erred in its 1964 NYT v. Sullivan ruling.
The Supreme Court, though, has suggested that such laws, if narrow enough, are constitutional.
Arkansas Supreme Court Justice Courtney Goodson was trying to block ads that criticized her and allegedly defamed her.
The president, who routinely threatens to sue people for saying things he does not like, deployed an anti-SLAPP law in his own defense.
The op-ed's claims are harsh, but they're also true.
The New Jersey Supreme Court answers.
After an initial hearing, Stanford's Mark Jacobson thinks better of pursuing a scientific disagreement in court.
When it comes to "opening up" the First Amendment, the president's bark is worse than his bite.
"In our case, he stepped on the wrong people's constitutional rights because we knew our rights."
The ruling shows how carelessly the paper peddled nonsense about Republican rhetoric and mass murder.
'Trump hasn't even taken office and it's already becoming easier to sue people for defamation.'
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