Podcast: The Briefing - Is Linda Fairstein’s Portrayal in Netflix’s “When They See Us” Fair?
The Briefing: Is Linda Fairstein’s Portrayal in Netflix’s “When They See Us” Fair?
Podcast - The Briefing by the IP Law Blog: Defamation by Docudrama – Inventing Anna
The Briefing by the IP Law Blog: Defamation by Docudrama – Inventing Anna
Law Brief®: Joel Rosner and Richard Schoenstein Discuss Palin vs. The Times
Negative Online Reviews and Reputation Management: Tips for Health Care Practices and Providers
Deepfakes and Disinformation: The World of Manipulated Media
The Briefing by the IP Law Blog: “Inspired By” Characters – Defamation Lawsuit Part II
Williams Mullen's COVID-19 Comeback Plan: Preparing Today for Tomorrow's PPP Audit
Podcast - Developments in FDA & DOJ Regulation and Enforcement of Manufacturer Communications
Defamation, in general, is designed to provide individuals with a remedy for false statements that harm their reputation. The level of fault you have to prove against the speaker of the defamatory statement varies depending...more
Former New York prosecutor Linda Fairstein is suing Netflix over her portrayal in the limited series “When They See Us,” which tells the story of the 1989 Central Park jogger case. Scott Hervey and Tara Sattler discuss this...more
In 2022 and early 2023, voting machine companies and the parents of school shooting victims won a string of court rulings against the media companies and personalities that had allegedly spread defamatory, viral lies about...more
In this episode of The Briefing by the IP Law Blog, Scott Hervey and Josh Escovedo discuss a defamation dispute between Rachel Williams – a victim of con artist Anna Sorokin – and Netflix, over her portrayal in the docudrama...more
This week, the Ninth Circuit addresses the First Amendment “limited-purpose public figure” doctrine in the context of a charitable organization’s fundraising activities. The Court holds that charitable organizations...more
On the latest Law Brief® episode, Host Rich Schoenstein is joined by litigator Joel Rosner to talk about the trial of Sarah Palin's defamation case against the New York Times, which is scheduled to start this week. Law...more
In this two-part episode of The Briefing, Weintraub Tobin attorneys Scott Hervey and Josh Escovedo discuss defamation lawsuits in movies and TV that deal with "Inspired By" characters. The IP law blog is a publication of...more
A federal appeals court has ruled that a former Miami Dolphins coach—accused of bullying a player—did not have a valid defamation claim against a law firm that investigated the team's locker room culture....more
Bottom line: On August 29, 2017, Southern District of New York Judge Jed S. Rakoff dismissed, with prejudice, Sarah Palin’s defamation complaint against the New York Times Company. The dispute arose from an editorial first...more
The New York Times is defending itself against a defamation lawsuit brought by former Alaska Governor and Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, as the newspaper asserted in a recent motion to dismiss that the...more
In Biro v. Condé Nast, et al., the Second Circuit recently determined that, in a defamation action, limited-purpose public figures must plead in a “plausible way” that the defendants acted with actual malice, citing Federal...more