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Truth Remains an Absolute Defense Against Defamation Claims

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​​​​​​​A Michigan State Court recently dismissed claims against Euclid Media Group, the parent company to several media properties, including Deadline Detroit, Inc. (“Deadline”), for publishing articles about a Plaintiff’s...more

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Truth Remains a Strong Ground for Summary Judgment in Texas

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A Texas court reaffirmed last month that truth is still a strong defense, at the summary judgment stage, to a defamation claim against a newspaper regarding a matter of public concern. In Gallaher v. Denton Media Company, the...more

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The Truth of the Matter – A Successful Defense to Defamation and Product Disparagement Claims

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Years ago, a potential client called to ask if she could be successfully sued for libel if she published a tell-all memoir, revealing the details of a marital affair with a gentleman she intended to identify. My first...more

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Paul Watler Speaks: Can't Handle the Truth? The Truth Defense in the Texas Supreme Court

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A decades-long string of libel opinions by the Texas Supreme Court in favor of media defendants came to a resounding halt this summer. In Neely v. Wilson, the Court reversed summary judgment for an Austin television station....more

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