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

The Supreme Court ruled in Berk v. Choy that federal courts do not have to enforce state laws requiring plaintiffs to provide early evidence—such as affidavits of merit...

United States Litigation

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Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP

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

On October 9, 2025, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, sitting en banc, held that a district court's denial of a motion to strike under California's anti-SLAPP statute is 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

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

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

Federal Appeals Court Dismisses Trump's Defamation Suit Against CNN

United States Litigation

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Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz

Jack Nicklaus Wins $50 Million In Defamation Case Against Namesake Company

United States Commercial

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Reavis Page Jump LLP

Delaware Has Become Defamation Plaintiffs' Favorite Venue. Will The State's Newly Enacted Anti-SLAPP Statute Chill That Trend?

United States Litigation

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Ballard Spahr LLP

Jack Nicklaus's $50M Redemption And The Limits Of The Litigation Privilege

United States Litigation

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Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP

Diss Tracks And Defamation Part III: Court Tosses Drake's Case

United States IP

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Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz

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

United States Media & IT

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Jenner & Block

Court Clarifies Boundaries Of Defamation Liability For Legal Professionals

United States Litigation

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Steptoe LLP

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

United States Litigation

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Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz

Colorado "Opt-Out" Litigation – Petition For Rehearing En Banc And Amicus Briefs In Support

United States Finance

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Ballard Spahr LLP

Simpson Thacher Sustainability And ESG: Regulatory Update – January 2026

Worldwide Environment

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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Food Venture Financing News – Weekly Issue No. 265

United States Healthcare

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Davis Wright Tremaine

The Trump Gold Card And Proposed Trump Platinum Card: Legal, Practical, Tax, And Economic Considerations For High-Net-Worth Immigrants

United States Immigration

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Green and Spiegel

Back To School 2025: Title IX Updates And How ADR Can Help Universities Resolve Disputes (Podcast)

United States Litigation

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JAMS

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."

Would he perform Not Like Us, the controversial diss track aimed at his rap rival, Drake? Or would he admit defeat in his ongoing rap battle with Drake and not perform his most popular...

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

I frequently hear defendants express a desire to sue plaintiffs for defamation due to the allegations made against them in a lawsuit.

United States Litigation

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Senn Fortis

Non-Disparagement Tips For Employers (Video)

In this episode of OK at Work, attorneys Sarah Sawyer and Russell Berger from Offit Kurman discuss the nuances of non-disparagement clauses in separation agreements.

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

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 Veltrop & Harkrider

Understanding The Litigation Privilege

United States Litigation

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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Walters v. OpenAI, L.L.C.

Georgia state court grants summary judgment dismissing defamation claim targeting ChatGPT output accusing radio host of embezzlement, in light of disclaimers notifying users that ChatGPT sometimes generates inaccurate information, and user's admission that he did not believe output relayed true facts.

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

Employees may believe they can premise a defamation case on their employment termination. However, Hearn v. Pac. Gas & Elec. Co., 108 Cal. App. 5th 301 (2025), holds otherwise.

United States Employment

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

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

Ever since the landmark case New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254 (1964), to succeed on a defamation claim, plaintiffs who are also public figures have a constitutional requirement...

United States Litigation

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Axinn Veltrop & Harkrider

Understanding The Litigation Privilege

The litigation privilege insulates communications made by lawyers and their clients during, and in some circumstances, prior to judicial or quasi-judicial proceedings from defamation and other tort claims.

United States Litigation

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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Behind The Paywall: When Catchy Headlines Risk Defamation Claims

United States Litigation

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Phelps Dunbar LLP

Wynn v. The Associated Press, Et Al.: A Recent Petition For A Writ Of Certiorari Highlights Challenges To New York Times V. Sullivan And Anti-SLAPP Laws

The 1964 Supreme Court case New York Times v. Sullivan, which requires public officials to prove "actual malice" to succeed on a defamation claim, was a watershed moment in defamation law. Curtis Publishing Co. v. Butts was decided just a few years later and extended the same protection to "public figures" in addition to public officials.

United States Litigation

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Axinn Veltrop & Harkrider

PFAS Out, Libel In: Testing The Boundaries Of Defamation And Tortious Interference

A manufacturer of PFAS free turf has filed a defamation suit to prevent an environmental group from harming its business after the group issued blanket statements about the presence of PFAS.

United States Litigation

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Dechert

The Devil You Don't Know – Might Not Be So Bad! Good News For Driver Credit And Background Checks

In this era of driver and employee shortages, employers of all kinds - motor - carriers, freight intermediaries and shippers, should be aware of a byzantine array of federal statutes...

United States Transport

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Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP

Drake vs. Kendrick Lamar: A Defamation Battle In The Streaming Era

The hip-hop world has been ablaze with the feud between megastars Kendrick Lamar and Drake, culminating in a legal battle that extends beyond diss tracks. While rap beefs have historically stayed within the confines of music.

United States Litigation

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Capes Sokol

Fears That Trumps Judicial Appointments Will Overturn New York Times V. Sullivan Unlikely To Be Realized

United States Litigation

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Phelps Dunbar LLP

Media Law: A Roundup Of Major Decisions In 2024

United States Media & IT

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Phelps Dunbar LLP

Safeguard Business And Personal Reputations Using The Sharp Tool Of A Defamation Action

United States Litigation

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Perkins Coie LLP

Second Department Provides Guidance On The Applicable Standard For A Matter Of "Public Interest" Under New York's Anti-SLAPP Statute

United States Litigation

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Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP

Using Defamation Law To Protect Your Reputation And Brand In The Digital Age

United States Litigation

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Perkins Coie LLP

A Privacy Tort Out Of Our Wildest Dreams? Will Taylor Swift Defend Her Reputation From Donald Trump's AI Hoax?

United States IP

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Davis Malm & D’Agostine

NY Appellate Court Confirms That Social Media Platforms Are Public Forums Under Anti-SLAPP Law

United States Litigation

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Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP

AI & Your Business: Libel Risks

United States Technology

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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Freedom (But With Consequences): In Delaware, Absolute Litigation Privilege Inapplicable To Nullify Contractual Non-Disparagement Repurchase Trigger

United States Litigation

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Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Breach Of Fiduciary Duty: A More "Lenient Standard" For Damages?

United States Litigation

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Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Don't Tread On Illinois' Absolute Litigation Privilege

United States IP

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McDermott Will & Emery

Fleetwood Facts: Art Imitates Life, But Does It Infringe Copyright?

United States IP

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Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger

First Department Clarifies "Substantial Basis" Standard Under New York's Anti-SLAPP Statute

United States Litigation

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Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP

The Challenge Of Fair Trials In The Age Of Media Saturation

United States Litigation

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Womble Bond Dickinson

Takedown Notices Are Not Free Shots

United States IP

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Moses & Singer

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Offit Kurman

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Gamma Law

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