Meghan Markle scored a massive legal victory in the defamation lawsuit brought against her by her half-sister, Samantha Markle. The judge dismissed the suit against the Duchess of Sussex on Tuesday ...

Explore the differences between slander and libel, understand legal implications, and see real-world examples to better grasp defamation law.

The article is here; the abstract: Achieving a sound analysis of reputation and reputational injury is important for understanding the law of defamation. This goal has, however, received surprisingly ...

When mental health professionals (MHPs) provide written psychological or psychosocial evaluations, clients may not always agree with the facts or opinions expressed in the report. In cases where ...

Defamation cases are hard ones in the real world. Nona Gaprindashvili sued Netflix in September 2021 for “false light invasion of privacy” and defamation after a line in the hit series stated that she ...

Defamation, slander, and libel are terms that are frequently confused with each other, LegalZoom says. They all fall into the same category of law and have to do with communications that falsely ...

Editor's Note: This story, originally published May 1, has been updated to include an order to dismiss that was filed May 13. A defamation lawsuit involving a former city of Aiken official has been ...

Defamation is the act of communicating false statements about a person that injures their reputation. Legal protections for a person’s reputation go back to common law and were well developed over the ...

Shrabani Rout of Remfry & Sagar explores how Indian courts are navigating online defamation, including hyperlink republication and platform liability, as the ANI v Wikipedia case awaits a Supreme ...