Defamation refers to a false statement made about someone that injures their reputation. It is a type of tort that allows the injured party to seek compensation for damage caused to their reputation, ...

Before filing any civil lawsuit, it is important to consider the possible defenses your opponent may raise. This is particularly important is cases involving defamation, a civil claim that arises from ...

A judge in Delaware ruled this week that cable news channel Newsmax aired false and defamatory statements about Dominion Voting Systems as part of its coverage of the 2020 election. Delaware Superior ...

Louisville Metro Police suspended an officer for two days over comments he made at a Worthington Hills city meeting last year ...

As a general rule, the law of defamation provides recourse to a plaintiff who demonstrates that a defendant communicated to a third person a false statement about the plaintiff that tended to harm the ...

Defamation, slander, and libel are terms that are frequently confused with each other, LegalZoom says. They all fall into the same category of law and have to do with communications that falsely ...

The defamation case, over falsehoods spread about the 2020 election, is headed to a jury this month. By Katie Robertson A Delaware judge has ruled that the right-wing cable channel Newsmax made ...

(RNS) — A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction to halt what Church of God in Christ officials call defamatory statements by a gospel musician about their predominantly Black Pentecostal ...

11:42 a.m. April 10, 2025: An earlier version of this story said that Dominion technology was only used in Los Angeles County. Actually, it was Smartmatic. Right-wing cable channel Newsmax made ...

A Delaware judge ruled that the right-wing cable channel Newsmax made defamatory statements about Dominion Voting Systems when it falsely claimed that the company rigged votes in the 2020 presidential ...

Right-wing cable channel Newsmax made defamatory statements about Dominion Voting Systems by falsely reporting that the company was involved in rigging the 2020 presidential election, a Delaware judge ...