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Jul 2, 2021 · The two justices made their comments in dissenting from the court’s denial of review in Berisha v. Lawson, No. 20-1063, a libel case brought by Shkelzen Berisha, the son of Albania’s former ...
Jun 14, 2020 · Maria Ressa, Crusading Journalist, Is Convicted in Philippines Libel Case The conviction of Ms. Ressa, a critic of President Rodrigo Duterte and his violent drug war, is the latest blow to press ...
401 US 265 (1971) New York Times Company v. Sullivan. A case in which the Court held that the First Amendment protects freedom of speech and freedom of the press, even about the conduct of politicians, unless the statements are made with actual malice.
Jun 15, 2020 · 1 of 3 | . Rappler CEO and Executive Editor Maria Ressa gestures during a press conference in Manila, Philippines on Monday June 15, 2020. Ressa, an award-winning journalist critical of the Philippine president, her online news site Rappler Inc. and Santos were convicted of libel and sentenced to jail Monday in a decision called a major blow to press freedom in an Asian bastion of democracy.
Defamation is a statement that injures a third party's reputation. The tort of defamation includes both libel (written statements) and slander (spoken statements). State common law and statutory law governs defamation actions, and each state varies in their standards for defamation and potential damages. Defamation is a tricky area of law as ...
However, I cannot agree with the view expressed in the majority opinion that all privileges in libel actions were resolved by the adoption of section 47 of the Civil Code, that adoption of the privilege in section 592A is for the Legislature and not for the courts, and that we may not in an appropriate case adopt the absolute privilege set ...
Jun 3, 2021 · That case led to a 2020 conviction of Ressa and former Rappler reporter Reynaldo Santos Jr. The dismissal of Keng’s cyber libel charge is a win for Ressa’s defense, but just a small one. Ressa ...
