Does an encyclopedia of Harry Potter lore take too much and do too little, simply rearranging the furniture of J.K. Rowling’s famous seven-book series of children’s novels? Or is the…
Updated: A state court judge in Manhattan today dismissed four of seven counts brought by former 60 Minutes reporter and newscasting star Dan Rather against CBS.
Actor Nicolas Cage, who was dogged by false allegations in Kathleen Turner’s memoir, has won a libel action against the actress and the Daily Mail in England.
Lawyer/journalist Allison Hope Weiner may have thought she was getting a scoop when she exited a Los Angeles courtroom during a break in the racketeering…
The prank that Washington, D.C., lawyer J. Peter Segall played on a longtime friend turned out to be no laughing matter when he was forced to pay a retraction and,…
A woman can sue novelist Haywood Smith for defamation based on allegations a hard-drinking, promiscuous character in his book bears a striking resemblance to the plaintiff, a Georgia appeals court…
A UK coroner finally on Monday rejected the conspiracy theory fueled for more than a decade by questions from Mohamed Al Fayed that Princess Diana was murdered in a plot…
Justice Antonin Scalia, known for his emphasis on looking to the text of the laws when interpreting their meaning, is criticizing the news media for failing to make clear the…
An anonymous campus gossip website that is now the subject of at least two state attorney general investigations has responded to claims that it may have violated its own terms…
Updated: The attorney general of Connecticut is following the lead of his New Jersey counterpart and has launched an unusual investigation of an anonymous campus gossip website on a cutting-edge…
In the latest signpost pointing toward a potential loosening-up of federal restrictions on broadcast content, the Fox Television network is fighting a $91,000 FCC indecency fine over a 2003 reality…
An unusual libel case filed by a New York lawyer over a fictional portrayal in a television show of an attorney he says is recognizable as himself has surmounted its…
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