Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni’s legal battle over "It Ends With Us" has expanded with a new defamation lawsuit against Lively by crisis PR specialist Jed Wallace. This latest lawsuit adds to the ongoing conflict, which includes allegations of harassment, defamation, and retaliatory smear campaigns between the two stars.
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‘Quiet on Set’ Creators Sued by Former Nickelodeon Producer Dan Schneider
Ex-Nickelodeon producer Dan Schneider sued the creators of the documentary "Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV" on Wednesday, alleging that their series defamed him and falsely implied that he was a child sexual abuser.
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Supreme Court Declines to Hear Case Challenging New York Times v. Sullivan
On Tuesday, October 10, 2023, the United States Supreme Court denied review in Blankenship v. NBCUniversal, a lawsuit seeking to challenge the actual malice rule for defamation cases
Former Greenberg Traurig Partner Sues Influencer Over Allegedly Defamatory TikToks
Allan Kassenoff, former patent litigation shareholder at Greenberg Traurig, individually and as guardian of his minor children, along with his matrimonial attorney, sued social media influencer Robert Harvey in federal court on Tuesday over “a few clicks of his keyboard and a video upload to TikTok” that allegedly financially destroyed Kassenoff and harmed…
President Donald J. Trump Loses Request for New Trial in E. Jean Carroll Sexual Abuse Case
On Wednesday, July 19, 2023, Judge Lewis A. Kaplan denied former president Donald J. Trump's request for a new trial in the sexual abuse lawsuit brought by writer E. Jean Carroll.
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Defamation, Sexual Harassment
Jury Finds Former President Donald J. Trump Sexually Assaulted E. Jean Carroll
On May 9, 2023, a civil jury in New York returned a verdict finding that former president Donald J. Trump sexually assaulted and defamed writer E. Jean Carroll. The jury awarded Carroll $5 million in damages.
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Jury Rules Against Sarah Palin in Defamation Lawsuit
On Tuesday, February 15, 2022, jurors returned a unanimous verdict of not-liable in Sarah Palin v. The New York Times Company and James Bennet. Palin, the former governor of Alaska and Republican vice presidential candidate, alleged that The New York Times defamed her in a June 2017 editorial.
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7th Circuit Upholds Dismissal of Lawyer’s Lawsuit Over Negative Online Reviews
On Friday, January 28, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit upheld a district court's ruling dismissing a lawyer's lawsuit concerning negative online reviews. The appeals court ruled that the negative reviews were expressions of opinion that could not support a libel claim.
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Netflix Faces Defamation Lawsuit Over Central Park Five Series
Central Park Five prosecutor Linda Fairstein may sue Netflix for defamation over its portrayal of her in its 2019 series about the case.
