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

A recent North Carolina defamation case demonstrates how procedural missteps—missing deadlines, failing to name all defendants, or improperly characterizing statements—can lead to early dismissal. The case offers critical lessons for plaintiffs on navigating statutes of limitations, pre-suit notice requirements, and strategic complaint drafting to survive motions to dismiss.

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Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP

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

On Monday, FBI Director Kash Patel sued The Atlantic and one of its reporters, alleging defamation over an April 17 story detailing the Director's alleged excessive drinking...

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The Headline Problem In Defamation Law: A Proposal For Fixing Illinois’ And Ohio’s Outdated Innocent Construction Rule

Defamation lawsuits are on the rise in the United States, and have been for several years. Because defamation litigation is so increasingly relied upon as a means to address reputational injury...

United States Litigation

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Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP

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

Michigan's new Uniform Public Expression Protection Act (UPEPA), effective March 24, 2026, gives defendants in SLAPP suits a fast-track procedure for dismissal and fee recovery, expanding protections for free speech...

United States Litigation

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Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP

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

United States IP

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Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz

What You Need To Know About Workplace Defamation

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

United States Litigation

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ArentFox Schiff

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

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

The Empty Chair At Johannesburg: What It Says About US Power

United States International

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Steptoe LLP

Littler Lounge: Just Cause For A Chat About Corrective Actions (Podcast)

United States Employment

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Littler Mendelson

Federal Circuit: Priority Document That 'Broadly Outlines' Possible Structures Fails To Provide Adequate Written Description Support For Subgenus Of Linkers In Antibody-Drug Conjugate

United States IP

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

401(k) And IRA Contribution Limits For 2026: Retirement Savings, Adjustments For Inflation, And SECURE 2.0 Changes American Taxpayers Must Know About

United States Tax

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Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

The Jury Is The Audience (Podcast)

United States Litigation

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Holland & Knight

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

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

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

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

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."

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

United States Litigation

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Senn Fortis

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

So, you made the tough decision to file a lawsuit. Now, the opposing party...

United States Litigation

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Fennemore

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

Opinion-Trading Ads: MPL Challenges ASCI White Paper, Seeks $6mil in Damages On May 23, 2025, Galactus Funware Technology Pvt Ltd, the parent company of Mobile Premier League (MPL), served an 11-page legal notice to the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI).

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

The California Court of Appeal issued an important decision clarifying that an employee cannot recover damages...

United States Employment

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Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

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

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

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

Diss Tracks And Defamation Part II: UMG Urges Dismissal Of Drake's Case

United States Litigation

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Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz

Caught Between The Court And The Court Of Public Opinion

United States Media & IT

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Withers LLP

Blake Lively Vs. Justin Baldoni: A Spotlight On Celebrity Privacy And Legal Boundaries

United States Litigation

Crivello, Nichols & Hall

Were You Defamed? Whether You Are A "Public Official" Matters

United States Litigation

Crivello, Nichols & Hall

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

United States Litigation

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Axinn Veltrop & Harkrider

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

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

United States Transport

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Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP

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

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

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