Brandeis University May Sue Harpers Magazine
According to the New England Journal of Aesthetic Research, Brandeis University is contemplating suing Harper’s Magazine for slander or defamation for the article “Voodoo Academics: Brandeis...
View ArticleElie Wiesel Censors Playwright?
According to the WSJ, that’s a big fat “yes.” Deb Margolin recently wrote a play called “Imagining Madoff” that purported to offer audiences a fictional version of the relationship between Mr. Wiesel,...
View ArticleArt Journalist Wins Libel Award
Art journalist Sarah Thornton, who writes for the New Yorker, the Economist and Artforum and is author of the popular book Seven Days in the Art World, has won £65,000 ($106, 736 US) in damages against...
View ArticleYou Need a Law Degree to Be on Twitter Nowadays
When it comes to libel, and because most tweets are public, should users be treated as publishers and held to similar standards? The Economist opines.
View ArticleJudge Dismisses Libel Lawsuit Against New Yorker
A New York federal Judge, J. Paul Oetken, has dismissed a libel suit brought against The New Yorker magazine and one of its writers by Peter Paul Biro, a forensic art expert who was the subject of a...
View ArticleA Rogue in Fact and Fiction: The Wolf of Wall Street Suit
A recent New York case, Greene v. Paramount Pictures Corp., arising from the Martin Scorsese film “The Wolf of Wall Street,” discusses a nuance in defamation law known as libel by fiction. This claim...
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With All Due Respect, Madam. We Do Not Live In France
Eugene Volokh ”was surprised to see this letter, sent by French lawyer Vanessa Bouchara — representing Getty Images France — to Matthew Chan.” His response, The First Amendment, of course.
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