The portrayal of a university administrator in a Steve Coogan film about the discovery of Richard III's remains did have a defamatory meaning, a judge has ruled. Richard Taylor is suing the comedian, ...

Not according to a decision from a federal court in Ohio. The case involves a landscaping project at a hillside home in Cincinnati. The property overlooks the Ohio River, but like many projects that ...

An integral component of any defamation claim – whether slander or libel – is pleading and proving that the false and defamatory statement has caused harm. The plaintiff’s burden of establishing the ...

A potentially misleading Fox News caption did not provide a sufficient basis for a finding of false and defamatory meaning when viewed as just one part of an entire broadcast, a California appeals ...

Court determines newspaper article accused film producer of US harassment and created grounds to suspect UK harassment of ex-wife. The High Court has ruled on the defamatory meaning of a Sun newspaper ...

A High Court judge has ruled that several statements by Essex Police and its crime commissioner about journalist Allison Pearson met the legal threshold for defamation. The case stems from public ...