New York Defamation Law

Sarah Palin v. New York Times

New York City, New York, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a defamation theory. Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin sued the New York Times on a libel theory. The New York Times claimed "truth" in defense. On June 14, 2017, the Times’ Editorial Board published the editorial challenged in this case, entitled “America’s Lethal Politics” (“t... More...

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E. Jean Carroll v. Donald Trump

New York City, New York personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a defamation theory. A jury found that then-President Trump acted with common law malice when he made defamatory statements about Carroll in June 2019 and awarded compensatory and punitive damages. Trump appeals, arguing that he is entitled to presidential immunity or, in the alternative, a new trial. Tr... More...

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<H2> Sarah Palin v. New York Times

New York, New York personal injury lawyers represented the parties in a defamation case. Former governor of Alaska and candidate for Vice President of the United States sued the New York Times on a libel claiming the paper published an editorial in 2017 that linked her to political violence. The paper admitted that it made an error an promptly corrected the error. The Ne... More...

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E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump

New York, New York personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a defamation theory. After a nine-day trial, a jury found that plaintiff-appellee E. Jean Carroll was sexually abused by defendant-appellant Donald J. Trump at the Bergdorf Goodman department store in Manhattan in 1996. The jury also found that Mr. Trump defamed her in statements he made in 2022. The jury ... More...

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Josh Webber and Muddy Water Pictures, LLC v. Damon Anthony Dash

<h2> New York City, New York intellectual property lawyer represented the Plaintiffs. </H2> The jury in this case rendered a unanimous verdict on March 30, 2022 in favor of Plaintiffs Josh Webber ("Webberâ€) and "Muddy Water Pictures LLC d/b/a Muddy Water Pictures, Inc. ("Muddyâ€), and against Defendants Damon Anthony Dash ("Dashâ€) and Poppington LLC d/b/a Dame Dash St... More...

$0 (09-22-2024 - NY)

E. Jean Caroll v. Donald J. Trump

New York, New York personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a defamation theory. E. Jean Carroll sued Donald J. Trump on libel and slander theories claiming that he made untrue public statements about her after a previous jury had found against him on a prior jury verdict against him.... More...

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Jajed Khalil v. Fox Corporation and Lou Dobbs

New York City, New York personal injury lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued defendant on a slander theory. Plaintiff, a Venezuelan businessman, states that the Court has personal jurisdiction over Powell pursuant to CPLR Â§ 302 for five reasons: (i) Powell made the defamatory and disparaging statements at issue in the Complaint knowing and intending for them to be b... More...

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Fortesa Qorrolli v. Metropolitan Dental Associates, D.D.S. - 225 Broadway, P.C., et al.

New York, New York civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on a job discrimination theory involving sexual harassment. Qorrolli filed this action on July 30, 2018, alleging that her supervisor Mario Orantes regularly sexually harassed her at work, and that the proprietor of her workplace, Dr. Paul I. Cohen, did nothing to stop the harassment, in violation of Title V... More...

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Josh Webber, et al. v. Damon Anthony Dash, et al.

New York, New York intellectual property lawyers represented Plaintiffs, who sued Defendants on copyright infringement theories. At the end of four-day trial, the jury unanimously found the defendants liable for copyright infringement and defamation. The jury awarded $30, 000 in damages to Plaintiff Muddy Water Pictures LLC ("Muddyâ€) for infringement of Muddy's copyright in the... More...

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Blac Chyna v. Kim and KhloÃ© Kardashian and Kris and Kylie Jenner and Kris and Kylie Jenner

Los Angeles, California personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant o defamation theories. Plaintiff sought $40 million for loss of earnings and more than $60 million in lost future earnings. ... More...

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Sarah Palin v. The New York Times Company

New York, New York personal injury lawyers represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on a defamation theory claiming to have suffered more than $75,000 in injuries and/or damages as a direct result of the publication by Defendant of information about her that was false. <center> <img width="400" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Sarah_Palin.jpg"> </center><... More...

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Devin Nunes v. CNN

New York, New York - Republican U.S. Representative sued CNN on a defamation theory seeking $435 million in damages from CNN for failing to ask for a retraction for a false news article aired by DNN on November 22, 2019. CNN published a report that Nunes was involved in efforts to get "dirtâ€ on then-Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and his son, Hunter Biden. CNN... More...

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Erin Daly v. Citigroup, Inc.

<center> <img width="300" src="http://www.nysb.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/buildingphoto_small.png"> </center> The plaintiff‐appellant Erin Daly was employed by the defendantsappellees, Citigroup Inc., Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., and Citibank, N.A. She brought suit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York alleging gender discr... More...

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Randy A. Mudge v. Anne M. Zugalla, Danel Harder

<center> <img width="300" src="http://www.nynb.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/albany_002.jpeg"> </center> The plaintiff‐appellee, Randy Mudge, is a physical education teacher and school administrator licensed by New York State. In 2008, Mudge was investigated and charged by the New York State Education Department for committing acts of sexual misconduct with fo... More...

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Sleepy's, LLC v. Select Comfort Wholesale Corporation

<center> <img width="300" src="http://www.nysb.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/buildingphoto_small.png"> </center> At all relevant times, Sleepyʹs LLC (ʺSleepyʹsʺ or the ʺplaintiffʺ) was a bed and mattress retailer obtaining products for resale from a variety of manufacturers. In that endeavor, it entered into a ʺRetail Partnershipʺ with... More...

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Ronnie Van Zant, Inc. v. Artimus Pyle

This appeal presents the issue of whether the release of a movie will violate the provisions of a consent order that settled a lawsuit between private parties. This issue arises on an appeal by Defendants‐Appellants Cleopatra Records, Inc. and Cleopatra Films (together, “Cleopatra”) from the September 13, 2017, 4 judgment and permanent injunction of the District Court... More...

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Sheldon G. Adelson v. David A. Harris, Marc R. Stanley and National Jewish Democratic Council

Familiarity with the facts of this case, as set forth in this court’s decision in Adelson v. Harris, 774 F.3d 803 (2d Cir. 2014), is assumed. This case involves defamation claims brought by Appellant Sheldon Adelson against Appellees National Jewish Democratic Council, its Chair, Marc Stanley, and its President and CEO, David Harris. Appellant’s claim of defamation is based... More...

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Sarah Palin v. The New York Times Company

New York, NY - Judge Dismisses Sarah Palin's Suite Against NY Times Sarah Palin sued The New York Times Company on a defamation theory claiming that the Defendant published an editorial that suggested that Jared Lee Loughner, the man who carried out the Tucson massacer, was incited by a map from Palin's PAC's ad, which placed crosshairs over the congressional districts of several Democra... More...

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Bennett Sprecher and Louise Forlenza v. Marc Thibodeau

New York, NY - Big Lawsuit Results in Little Verdict Bennett Sprecher and Louise Forlenza sued Marc Thibodeau on breach of contract, tortious interference and defamation theories claiming that Thibodeau interfered in the production of Rebecca an ill-fated Broadway musical that never came to be. The Plaintiff's sought $10 million in damages. The Plaintiff claimed that Defendant s... More...

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Yelena Galper v. JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.

This is a case about identity theft, and it requires us to consider the relationship between a New York state law providing remedies for victims of identity theft and the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq. (FCRA). An identity theft occurs when someone misappropriates another person’s name or other personal information in order to engage in fraud or other... More...

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Morse v. Fusto

In 2002, the MFCU initiated an investigation into the professional financial affairs of Morse, a dentist, then practicing with another dentist in the Park Slope 4 neighborhood of Brooklyn as ʺ580 Dental, P.C.ʺ The defendant John Fusto, then 5 a Special Assistant Attorney General with the MFCU, was assigned to the case, ... More...

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Rosalinda Baez v Jetblue Airways Corporation

Plaintiff Rosalinda Baez brought claims against defendants JetBlue Airways Corporation (“JetBlue”) and its former employee, Tiffany Malabet (“Malabet”), arising out of an encounter at John F. Kennedy Airport (“JFK Airport”), in which Baez was reported by Malabet for making an alleged bomb 2 threat and was then arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI�... More...

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Rickey L. Tolbert v. Richard Smith and Rochester City School District

17 The plaintiff, Rickey Tolbert, is an African-American 18 former teacher at John Marshall High School ("John Marshallâ€) in 19 the Rochester City School District (the "School Districtâ€). He 20 appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for 21 the Western District of New York (Siragusa, J.). The district 22 court granted summary judgment dismissing ... More...

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United States of America v. David Parse

Defendant David Parse appeals from a judgment entered in the United States District 25 Court for the Southern District of New York following a jury trial before William H. Pauley III, Judge, 26 convicting him on one count of mail fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. Â§Â§ 1341 and 2, and on one count 27 of corruptly endeavoring to obstruct and impede the administration of the internal r... More...

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Sheldon G. Adelson v. David A. Harris, Marc R. Stanley and National Jewish Democratic Council

This case raises two significant and unresolved questions of Nevada statutory and common law. First, does a hyperlink to source material about judicial proceedings in an online petition suffice for purposes of applying the common law fair report privilege? Second, did Nevada's anti-strategic litigation against public participation ("anti-SLAPPâ€) statute, Nev. Rev. Stat. Â§�... More...

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Wing F. Chau v. Michael Lewis

Plaintiffsâ€Appellants Wing F. Chau and Harding Advisory LLC appeal from a March 29, 2013 judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Daniels, J) dismissing their claims of libel against Defendantsâ€Appellees author Michael Lewis, his source, Steven Eisman, and Lewis's publisher, W.W. Norton, for twentyâ€six allegedly defamator... More...

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Marvel Characters, Inc. v. Lisa R. Kirby

27 This appeal requires us to revisit our case law 28 applying the work-for-hire doctrine in the context of 29 section 304 of the Copyright Act of 1976 (or, the "1976 2 1 Act"), 17 U.S.C. Â§ 304. Defendants-counter-claimants2 appellants Lisa, Neal, Susan, and Barbara Kirby 3 (collectively, the "Kirbys") are the children of the late 4 Jack Kirby. Kirby is considered on... More...

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Liberty Synergistics, Inc. v. Microflo, Ltd.

On its face, this appeal involves a somewhat technical issue of federal appellate procedureâ€”namely, whether we have jurisdiction under the "collateral orderâ€ doctrine to consider the merits of this interlocutory appeal. But a similarly difficult inquiry, which also bears on our analysis of the jurisdictional question, is whether the District Court properly applied governing choice-of-... More...

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Mark R. Maraschiello v. City of Buffalo Police Department

16 Mark Maraschiello, a white male employed as a captain 17 in the City of Buffalo Police Department (the "Departmentâ€), 18 sued the Department and its police chief, H. McCarthy Gipson 19 (collectively "defendantsâ€), claiming that their failure to 20 promote him was impermissibly motivated by race. 21 Maraschiello's scores on a 2006 civil service examination 22 ... More...

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Stuart L. Longman v. Wachovia Bank, N.A.

Plaintiff-appellant Stuart L. Longman appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (Hall, J.) entered September 20, 2011, in favor of defendant-appellee Wachovia Bank, N.A., n/k/a Wachovia Bank, A Division of Wells Fargo Bank ("Wachovia"). The district court, in a ruling filed September 16, 2011, granted Wachovia's motion for summary judgment and dism... More...

$0 (12-21-2012 - NY)

Nafissatou Diallo v. Dominique Strauss-Kahn

Nafissatou Diallo, age 33, sued Dominique Strauss-Kahn, age 63, on a civil assault and battery theory claiming that she was assaulted by Defendant when she entered the luxury hotel room rented by him in New York City and forced to engage in oral sex with him. Defendant was removed from a France bound commercial airliner at Kennedy Airport and charged and held in the United States until prosecutor... More...

$1 (12-11-2012 - NY)

Selim Zherka v. Philip Amicone

Under the law of this Circuit, the viability of a prima 16 facie First Amendment retaliation claim depends on context. 17 Private citizens alleging retaliation for their criticism of 18 public officials must show that they engaged in protected 19 speech, persons acting under color of state law took adverse 20 action against them in retaliation for that speech, and the 21 re... More...

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Penguin Group (USA), Inc. v. American Buddha

Plaintiff Penguin Group (USA) ("Penguin") appeals from 12 an order of the United States District Court for the Southern 13 District of New York (Gerard E. Lynch, Judge) granting defendant 14 American Buddha's motion pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil 15 Procedure 12(b)(2) to dismiss Penguin's copyright infringement 16 action for lack of personal jurisdiction. Penguin Group (USA)... More...

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Denise A. Taravella v. Town of Wolcott

Defendant Thomas Dunn, mayor of the Town of Wolcott, 15 appeals from the denial of his motion for qualified immunity 16 by the United States District Court for the District of 17 Connecticut (Droney, J.). When Dunn became mayor, he 18 terminated the employment of plaintiff Denise Taravella, who 19 had been the director of the town's senior center. 20 Taravella sued Dunn, To... More...

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Denise A. Taravella v. Town of Wolcott, Thomas G. Dunn, Douglas Coley

Defendant Thomas Dunn, mayor of the Town of Wolcott, 15 appeals from the denial of his motion for qualified immunity 16 by the United States District Court for the District of 17 Connecticut (Droney, J.). When Dunn became mayor, he 18 terminated the employment of plaintiff Denise Taravella, who 19 had been the director of the town's senior center. 20 Taravella sued Dunn, To... More...

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Joe Burgos Vega v. Theresa Lantz

Defendants-appellants, who are prison officials, appeal from a judgment of the United 16 States District Court for the District of Connecticut (Dorsey, J.), granting-in-part plaintiff- 17 appellee Joe Burgos Vega's motion for summary judgment. Vega, a prison inmate, sued 18 Connecticut prison officials alleging, among other things, that they violated his liberty interests 19 and pr... More...

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Maurice Oparaji v. Atlantic Container Line

Appellant Maurice Oparaji, pro se, appeals the grant of the Appellees' motions for summary judgment by the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Lynch, J.), dismissing his complaint alleging breach of contract, defamation, and other state law claims, as well as the district court's denial of his motions for reconsideration and vacatur under Federal Rule of Civil Proce... More...

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Shemtov Michtavi v. New York Daily News, et al.

Shemtov Michtavi, pro se, alleges defamation and 19 intentional infliction of emotional distress based on news 20 reports, published by the New York Daily News and the Polish 21 Daily News, that Michtavi, who is incarcerated, planned to 22 cooperate with prosecutors. Michtavi appeals from the 23 judgment of the United States District Court for the 24 Southern District of Ne... More...

$0 (11-26-2009 - NY)

Helmsley-Spear, Inc., et al. v. Michael Fishman, &c, et al.

The issue on this appeal is whether plaintiffs' private nuisance cause of action is preempted by the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). We hold that it is not. I. Plaintiff Helmsley-Spear, Inc., managing agent of the Empire State Building (ESB)1, retained Copstat Security, LLC, a private security firm, to provide security services for the ESB. In 2005, defendants Michael Fishman, a... More...

$0 (11-24-2008 - NY)

Dennis Rolon v. Robert Henneman and Ari Moskowitz

This appeal principally concerns whether acting Police Chief Robert Henneman ("Henneman"), as a witness testifying at police disciplinary hearings, is absolutely immune from civil liability for offering allegedly perjurious testimony at those hearings. Plaintiff-appellant Dennis Rolon ("Rolon"), a police officer in the town of Wallkill, New York, also alleges that police officer Ari Moskowitz ... More...

$0 (02-25-2008 - NY)