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Knox's Parents Are Just the Latest to Run Afoul of Italy's Libel Laws

Amanda Knox's parents said today they will not stop fighting to clear her name, even though they themselves have not been indicted on criminal libel charges in Italy. Curt Knox and Edda Mellas, who could face prison time, e-mailed a statement to The Associated Press saying their "focus is unchanged" and "remains...

South African President Sues Over Political Cartoon

(Dec. 14) -- The president of South Africa has filed a defamation lawsuit over a 2008 newspaper cartoon depicting him unzipping his pants and preparing to rape a Lady Justice figure. President Jacob Zuma said in court papers that the political cartoon published in the Sunday Times of South Africa hurt his reputation and...

Why Shirley Sherrod's Case Against Andrew Breitbart Doesn't Look Good

(July 29) -- Shirley Sherrod announced today at a convention of the National Association of Black Journalists that she planned to sue Andrew Breitbart over the infamous video he posted on his website that led to her eventual firing forced resignation from the USDA. Last week, with speculation over Sherrod's next course...

Fulmer Gets Served (a Subpoena) at SEC Media Days

While Tennessee Head Coach Phil Fulmer probably likes being being served certain things, like a whole roast turkey and a bucket of mashed potatoes for example, he probably didn't appreciate being served a subpeona to testify in a defamation suit against the NCAA.In 2002, following a fairly lengthy and secretive...

Background on Defamation

Defamation—also called calumny, vilification, traducement, slander (for transitory statements), and libel (for written, broadcast, or otherwise published words)—is the communication of a statement that makes a claim, expressly stated or implied to be factual, that may give an individual, business, product, group, government, or nation a negative image.

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