New York Libel 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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Justin Baldoni, et al. v. Blake Lively, et al.

New York City, New York personal injuries lawyers represented the parties in a libel and slander dispute. Actress Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni are in a legal battle over what may or may not have happened on the set of their Colleen Hoover adaptation, It Ends With Us, with Lively accusing her director and costar on the film of sexual harassment and a subsequent retaliatory campaign agai... More...

$0 (06-09-2025 - NY)

<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...

$0 (04-22-2025 - 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...

$83300000 (01-26-2024 - NY)

Joseph Benjamin Benn v. Diane Neal

Albany, New York personal injury lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued defendant on libel and slander theories. The claims made and defenses asserted by the parties are not available. The only defense to libel and slander is truth. This case was filed in the Supreme Court, Ulster County, New York, EF2022-478, and was removed to federal court. Plaintiff challeng... More...

$0 (08-11-2023 - NY)

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...

$0 (04-10-2023 - NY)

Jun Yan v. Libo Zhou

Central Islip, New York personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued defendant on an Assault Libel & Slander claiming to have suffered more than $75,000 in injuries and/or damages as a direct result. The claims made and defenses asserted are not available for this case.... More...

$1 (01-26-2022 - NY)

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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Rafik Benaissa v. Keep America Great Pac d/b/a Democratic Coalition Against Trump <a href="http://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28536&z=74103&s=OK" target="_new">Morelaw Internet Marketing for Legal Professionals</a> Helping People Find You On The Internet 888-354-4529

New York, NY - Rafik Benaissa sued Keep America Great Pac d/b/a Democratic Coalition Against Trump on libel and slander theories.... More...

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USF&G v. Ashley Reed

On July 12,2011, Plaintiff United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company ("USF&G") filed a complaint against Defendants Ashley Reed Inc. ("Ashley Reed"), Scott Ressler, James Ressler (collectively, the "Ashley Reed Defendants"), Fendi Adele, S.r.l., Fendi S.r.l, and Fendi North America, Inc. (collectively, "Fendi"), seeking a declaratory judgment that three liability insurance po... 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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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...

$0 (11-14-2014 - NY)

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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Nike, Inc. v. Already LLC d/b/a Yums

17 This appeal requires us to decide whether a trademark registrant's delivery of a covenant 18 not to sue, and voluntary dismissal of its trademark claims, divests a federal court of subject 19 matter jurisdiction over a defendant's counterclaims for a declaratory judgment and cancellation 20 of the trademark's registration. After considering the breadth of the plaintiff's covenant no... More...

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Doe v. Bin Laden

09-4958-cv Doe v. Bin Laden 1 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 2 3 FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT 4 5 6 7 August Term, 2010 8 9 (Argued: October 15, 2010 Decided: November 7, 2011) 10 11 Docket No. 09-4958-cv 12 13 14 15 JOHN DOE, in his capacity as the executor of the estate of JANE DOE, in his personal capacity, 16 and as the personal rep... More...

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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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David A. Kipper, M.D., et al. v. NYP Holdings Co., Inc., &c.

In this appeal, we must determine whether the summary judgment record contains clear and convincing evidence that defendant published a false and defamatory statement concerning the revocation of plaintiff's medical license with "actual malice," as defined in New York Times Co. v Sullivan (376 US 254 [1964]). Because it does not, we affirm the Appellate Division's grant of summary judgment to defe... More...

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Joseph Hudak v. Times Publishing Company d/b/a Erie Times-News, et al.

Joseph Hudak sued Times Publishing Company d/b/a Erie Times-News, et al. on a libel theory claiming that articles published by the paper relating to criminal charges filed against him by the Erie County District Attorney were incorrect because they reported civil disputes between him and his clients were illegal. The Erie district attorney claimed that Plaintiff took money from clients but fail... More...

$0 (01-31-2008 - NY)

UnknownRachel Ehrenfeld v. Khalid Salim Bin Mahfouz

The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has certified to us the question of whether CPLR 302 (a) (1) confers personal jurisdiction over a person who "(1) sued a New York resident in a non-U.S. jurisdiction; and (2) whose contacts with New York stemmed from the foreign lawsuit and whose success in the foreign suit resulted in acts that must be performed by the subject o... More...

$0 (12-20-2007 - NY)

<A HREF="https://www.tourolaw.edu/2ndCircuit/200212/00-9094.html" TARGET="_NEW">Fashion Boutique of Short Hills, Inc v. Fendi USA, Inc. et al. </a>

Plaintiff-appellant Fashion Boutique of Short Hills, Inc. ("Fashion Boutique"), challenges a host of rulings by the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum, District Judge) during this lengthy litigation arising from the demise of its business. Fashion Boutique, formerly a seller of Fendi products, claims that its business was ruined by a campai... More...

$0 (12-23-2002 - NY)

<a href="https://www.tourolaw.edu/2ndCircuit/January01/98-9522.html" target="_new">Church of Scientology v. Behar</a>

Plaintiff-appellant Church of Scientology International ("CSI") appeals from judgments of the district court for the Southern District of New York (Peter K. Leisure, District Judge) dismissing appellant's libel complaint. Because we find that the challenged statements were either not of and concerning CSI or not published with actual malice, we affirm the judgments of the district court. On M... More...

$0 (01-12-2001 - NY)

Peter G. Apple v. Steven L. Apple

Employee Retirement Income Security Act - E.R.I.S.A. - Breach of Fiduciary Duty - Peter and Mary Apple were married and founded Apple Rubber Products, Inc.. Peter and Mary later divorced and control of the company eventually resided with Mary and their son Steven Apple. Peter retained interest in the pension plan. Peter filed a lawsuit against Steven and Mary when his application for approval o... More...

$26737 (08-25-1999 - NY)

David Porter, et al., v. Robert Saar

Libel and Slander - Breach of Contract and Fiduciary Duties - Defamation - This matter arose as a result of plaintiff's alleged efforts to reach an agreement with the Chemehuevi Indian Tribe ("the Tribal Council") for the development of a casino resort on their reservation, located in Lake Havasu, California. Also at issue is defendants' alleged interference with such relationship, breaches of con... More...

$200000 (03-09-1998 - NY)

Norberto Gallo v. Montauk Video, Inc.

Video rental store had placed Gallo’s name on an index card posted on the counter along with the word "reward" and $1000. Gallo sued for libel.... More...

$2000 (10-23-1998 - NY)

Leonard N. Flamm v. American Association of University Women and the AAUW Legal Advocacy Fund

Libel and slander - Plaintiff filed suit for defamation based upon a listing in a directory published by defendants which contained a statement that "At least on plaintiff has described Flamm as an "ambulance chaser" with interest only in "slam dunk cases.""... More...

$0 (12-17-1998 - NY)