To Be Fair, Report On Pleadings Must Be Accurate

Balough December 13, 2013 0
The “fair reporting” privilege for documents filed with a court trumps actual malice as long as the report is an accurate summary of the pleadings, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled. The court said the privilege starts from the time a pleading is filed with the court. There does not have to be any court action […]
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Blogger Not Liable for Third Party Posts

Balough December 13, 2013 0
A blogger who allows others to post messages on his site is not a “publisher” of defamatory statements, thanks to the Communications Decency Act, a Pennsylvania District Court found. The court dismissed a libel action against Tucker Max, a Duke Law School graduate, who describes his goal in life to be “a celebrity that gets […]
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