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Thursday, February 1, 2024

Naming rape suspects may draw criminal charges for journalists under Northern Ireland privacy law

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Bernard Goldbach via Flickr CC BY 2.0 In Northern Ireland, it's a crime for a journalist to identify a rape suspect. The relevant provi...
Wednesday, May 17, 2023

Mass., EU courts wrestle with requisite harm in defamation, data protection cases

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The vexing problem of proof of damages in defamation and privacy has turned up recently in the Massachusetts Court of Appeals and the Court ...
Sunday, October 18, 2020

Grand jury secrecy is important, but not sacred

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pixy.org ( CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 ) [UPDATE: As I was writing this piece on Friday, the Kentucky court released audio of the grand jury proceeding...
Tuesday, September 3, 2019

Lewinsky calls for online civility, will speak twice in South Coast Massachusetts this academic year

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Goodman as Linda Tripp, Molly Shannon as Lewinsky, in 1998 ( SNL ). President Clinton's escapades were good business for SNL , which...
Friday, August 23, 2019

Beijing internet court rules against ISP Baidu on posthumous defamation claim under PRC Tort Law

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In a Chinese defamation case, the Beijing Internet Court has ruled in favor of the plaintiff and contrary to American tort norms regarding ...
Saturday, May 18, 2019

Boston Globe presses high court for access to secret criminal hearings

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In fall 2018, the Spotlight team at The Boston Globe — that Spotlight team —published a powerful exposé on "secret courts" (limit...
Friday, August 25, 2017

Mass. App. upholds $2.9m 'actual malice' verdict over 'bitter feud' in local politics

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The Range Feud (Columbia Pictures 1931) The Massachusetts Appeals Court today rejected appeal of a defamation verdict.  The case is Van ...