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.

Emily Hung was a broadcast associate at CBS News based in Washington, D.C. Emily previously worked at NBC News and KQED. A federal judge in Washington, D.C., found Rudy Giuliani in contempt of court ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Kevin Hart sued Tasha K for defamation and extortion after she released a tell-all interview with his ex-assistant. A California judge partially denied Tasha K’s motion to dismiss Kevin Hart’s lawsuit ...

A senior political adviser to President Trump slapped the Daily Beast with a defamation lawsuit over its reporting on how much he was paid by the campaign. Chris LaCivita, a manager of Trump’s ...