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TikTok Torts: Idaho Professor Sues “Internet Sleuth” for Defamation Over Idaho Murders

JonathanTurley

In that case, a journalist with Forbes was sued for harsh characterizations of a lawyer and his practice. Judge Frank Easterbrook wrote that “although the article drips with disapproval of Wilkow’s (and the judges’) conduct, an author’s opinion about business ethics isn’t defamatory under Illinois law.”. Bower, 232 Cal.App.3d

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Police Suggest Possible Charges for Those Who Filmed Rape on Train

JonathanTurley

We also discussed a torts case involving a delay in calling police, but that case involved people who were deemed partially responsible for a death. In torts, there is no duty to rescue rule. Cf: Restatement, Torts, § 322. Indeed, I know of no law requiring an intervention in a violent crime scene anywhere in the country.

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Australia High Court Delivers Major Blow to Free Speech In Defamation Ruling

JonathanTurley

The Supreme Court ruled that tort law could not be used to overcome First Amendment protections for free speech or the free press. The court noted a number of decisions limiting CDA immunity including a decision by Judge Easterbrook of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, who wrote in Chicago Lawyers’ Comm.

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Polish Constitutional Court about to review the constitutionality of the jurisdictional immunity of a foreign State?

Conflict of Laws

Written by Zuzanna Nowicka , lawyer at the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights and lecturer at Department of Logic and Legal Argumentation at University of Warsaw In the aftermath of the judgment of the ICJ of 2012 in the case of the Jurisdictional Immunities of the State (Germany v.

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Deadspin Defamation: Parents of Holden Armenta Move Toward Libel Action Over Blackface Allegation

JonathanTurley

The letter was sent by the new lawyer for Holden and his parents Shannon and Raul Armenta. What constitutes racist imagery is a matter of public debate and Phillips can argue that this is obviously just his opinion. In that case, a journalist with Forbes was sued for harsh characterizations of a lawyer and his practice.

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Guest Commentary: New Italian Constitutional Reform: What it Means for Environmental Protection, Future Generations & Climate Litigation

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

On February 8, 2022, the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Republic gave its final approval to the proposed constitutional law A.C.3156-B 3156-B providing environmental protection amendments to Articles 9 and 41 of the Italian Constitution. By Riccardo Luporini, Matteo Fermeglia, and Maria Antonia Tigre.

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Justices Hear Oral Arguments in Four Cases

Constitutional Law Reporter

During oral arguments held on January 7, two of the lawyers were forced to participate by phone due to testing positive for COVID-19. The post Justices Hear Oral Arguments in Four Cases appeared first on Constitutional Law Reporter. Justice Sonia Sotomayor, a diabetic, also elected to participate remotely.