These cases may be the tip of the iceberg. Although truth is a defense to libel lawsuits, it generally takes thousands of dollars to establish the truth sufficiently to achieve a dismissal. Settlement is sometimes the best option, no matter how unmeritorious the allegations.
counterterrorismblog.org/2007/08/more_overlooked_histor... counterterrorismblog.org/2007/08/more_overlooked_history_the_mu.php
What follows is an outline of major cases in Libel Law. After the outline is a detailed text. The outline should be used for a study guide, the full text should be studied, read, and used for class work.
www.csulb.edu/~crsmith/41libel.html www.csulb.edu/~crsmith/41libel.html
CPT's Page on Defamation and Libel Cases ... Resources and Papers on Libel and Defamation ... Godfrey Cases...
www.cptech.org/ecom/jurisdiction/defamation2.html
Some Libel Cases: Should Internet Service Providers Like America On Line Be Responsible for the Content of Their Subscribers' Postings? ... Please read these cases and then tell us whether or not you think Internet providers should be held responsible for material their subscribers post.
cyber.law.harvard.edu/lesson7/libelcases.html cyber.law.harvard.edu/lesson7/libelcases.html
The Boston Globe and the Boston Herald both have suffered legal setbacks in separate libel cases, and each now faces more than $2 million in damages unless the decisions are overturned on appeal. (Ayash v. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Feb. 9, 2005;
www.gannett.com/go/newswatch/2005/april/nw0401-4.htm
The number of cases of libel on the internet reported to the Swedish Data Inspection Board has soared from four in 2000 to 157 in 2005 - but that is only a fraction of the total number of complaints received. ... The Swedish Data Inspection Board's main tool in handling such cases is the Personal Data Act.
www.thelocal.se/5689/20061204/
Richard Jewell v. NBC, and other Richard Jewell cases ... Other Richard Jewell Libel Cases ... Also, with the exception of Jewell v. New York Post, these cases provide examples of defamation and libel per se.
medialibel.org/cases-conflicts/tv/jewell.html medialibel.org/cases-conflicts/tv/jewell.html
Libel cases flourish overseas : U.S. free speech protections make it difficult to win a libel case, so more plaintiffs are practicing libel tourism -- suing overseas in a court friendlier to their cases. Ashley Milne-Tyte reports. ... Bob Moon: It's usually pretty hard to win a libel case in U.S. courts, what with the...
marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/07/17/libe... marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/07/17/libel_tourism/
A former Army scientist named by investigators as a "person of interest" in the 2001 anthrax attacks, Dr. Steven Hatfill, has settled his $10 ... Last month, a federal judge in Virginia threw out a separate libel lawsuit Dr. Hatfill filed against the New York Times over a series of columns about the anthrax case.
www.nysun.com/national/hatfill-settles-10m-libel-lawsui... www.nysun.com/national/hatfill-settles-10m-libel-lawsuit/49333/
The rapid rise of amateur commentators mounting the soapbox of Internet blogs has led to a small, but ... The rapid rise of amateur commentators mounting the soapbox of Internet blogs has led to a small, but growing number of online libel cases.
www.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/news/story.html?id=... www.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/news/story.html?id=44633f5a-6d26-422c-be8b-53a785a6d6dd&k=37041