An integral component of any defamation claim – whether slander or libel – is pleading and proving that the false and defamatory statement has caused harm. The plaintiff’s burden of establishing the ...

Editor's note: The following story deals with the topic of sexual assault. Victoria Burke remembers waking up in the hospital in December 2019, unsure of how she got there. The last memory she had was ...

Can a statement that is literally true be defamatory? While “traditional” defamation claims require a statement that is factually false, New York also recognizes defamation-by-implication—where a ...

A jury has awarded climate scientist Michael Mann more than $1 million in a defamation lawsuit he brought against a former scholar and a media personality who lampooned Mann’s work. The legal battle ...

Outside the online outrage and emotional moments that shaped public opinion, the situation gives us a useful lens for examining what Nigerian law actually says about defamation, arrests, and the ...

Defamation is a false statement, either written or oral, that harms the reputation of another person. In order to recover for defamation, a victim must establish that ...