Libel
Court Rejects Idea Theft / "Hot News" Claim by Occasional Fox Guest Against Fox
Bonus: Calling someone a "nut" isn't libel.
Large Libel Models: An AI Company's Noting That Its Output "May [Be] Erroneous]" Doesn't Preclude Libel Liability
[An excerpt from my forthcoming article on "Large Libel Models? Liability for AI Outputs."]
Trump's Anti–First Amendment Skylarking Is DeSantis' Anti–First Amendment Action
The former president wanted to "open up" defamation laws. The governor of Florida is about to try.
No Temporary Restraining Order Against Critic of Israeli Muslim Institution,
who allegedly accused it of being an agent of the Israeli government and "refer[red] to individuals associated with the Academy as pigs and use[d] porcine imagery to insult those individuals."
Correction re: ChatGPT-4 Erroneously Reporting Supposed Crimes and Misconduct, Complete with Made-Up Quotes?
My Friday post erroneously stated that I got the bogus results from ChatGPT-4; it turns out they were from ChatGPT-3.5—but ChatGPT-4 does also yield similarly made-up results.
Large Libel Models: ChatGPT-3.5 Erroneously Reporting Supposed Felony Pleas, Complete with Made-Up Media Quotes?
[UPDATE: This article originally said this what ChatGPT-4 doing this, which was my error. But, as I note below in an UPDATE, ChatGPT-4 also erroneously reports supposed criminal convictions and sentences, complete with made-up quotes.]
Carroll v. Trump Libel Suit: Trump's Access Hollywood Tape Admissible, as Is
other women's testimony about Trump's alleged past sexual assaults.
Libel Statute of Limitations for Blog Posts Starts When They're Published, Not When Plaintiff Discovers Them
All the more reason to frequently Google your own name!
"I Was Just Kidding!" Assertion Can't Justify Dismissal of Libel Case
Def Noodles v. Keemstar.
Where Do We Go To Get Our Mask Apology?
Plus: The editors reveal their favorite issues and articles from the Reason magazine catalog.
Is It Libelous to Accuse BDSM Participant of Having Hand Tremor and Vision Problems,
and thus not being able to safely participate in BDSM activities (presumably on the dominant side)?
Plaintiffs "Played Spanish Music at Home"; Neighbors "Complained to the Police"; Tort Litigation Ensued
No success for the plaintiffs, at least at this stage.
Libel Lawsuit (Related to Causing-Suicide Allegations) Between Two Trans Political Commentators,
"Defendant White would go on to accuse Ms. Erlick of sexually abusing and—most importantly, including by Defendant White’s own reckoning—causing the death of the person (Danie) who made the accusation."
Defaming Like a Rockstar? No, Said Court in Lawsuit Against DaBaby
An interesting illustration of the defamation per se / per quod distinction, recognized in some states.
University of Idaho Murders Yield Libel Lawsuit Against "Internet Sleuth"
According to the Complaint, "Ashley Guillard promotes herself on Amazon and TikTok as an Internet sleuth that solves high-profile unsolved murders by consulting Tarot cards, and performing other readings, to obtain information about the murders."
Slander Suit After "Two Wealthy … Men … Got Into a Fistfight While Trick or Treating with Their Families"
"Gimelstob and Kaplan were friends for a while, but their relationship soured when Kaplan got upset because Gimelstob did not show up to his birthday party."
