Reputational Injury, Appeals, Defamation

Court Upholds Almost $2 Million In Jury Award To Male Coach On Defamation Claim Against Student Who Spread False Rumors Of Sexual...

Clark Hill PLC on 5/13/2025

After a male university student told his mother and girlfriend that a male coach was rumored to be having sex with one of his female players, the mother reported the rumor to the university. The university conducted a Title...more

The meaning of "serious harm": the Supreme Court in Lachaux v Independent Print

White & Case LLP on 6/24/2019

The increasing accessibility of digital media has enabled businesses to become not only readers, but also publishers of their own information and opinions. This in turn requires due consideration of the limits of what can,...more

California Court of Appeals Affirms Dismissal Under Anti-SLAPP Statute of Defamation Claim Against Online Platform Hosting...

Ballard Spahr LLP on 12/14/2017

A recent appellate ruling may have important implications for online publishers who invite, encourage, and even compensate third-party contributors to post information without prior approval or review....more

UK Defamation: when words seriously harm

Hogan Lovells on 9/20/2017

Evidencing in court that a defamatory statement has caused harm to your reputation can be notoriously difficult. The courts in the UK have therefore traditionally proceeded on the basis that, where a statement is proven to be...more

California Employers May Sue For Online Defamation

Fisher Phillips on 8/17/2017

The situation is a familiar one. Disgruntled current or former employees leave negative and harmful comments about their employer on online workplace review websites such as glassdoor.com or vault.com, or on customer review...more

California Court of Appeal Clarifies the Limits of the Attorney-Client Privilege for Communications with an Attorney and a Third...

Payne & Fears on 5/31/2017

A recent decision by the California Court of Appeal in Behunin v. Superior Court, 9 Cal. App. 5th 833 (2017), is a reminder that a party’s communications with an attorney and a third party consultant must be reasonably...more