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Calling its editors "the modern equivalents of Thomas Paine or John Peter Zenger," the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court struck down a libel suit against the Let's Go travel guide and Harvard Student Agencies (HSA) March...
...court's ruling is a major set-back for the state's libel law, which dates back to 1828. Under the law, even in cases where printed material is truthful, the publishers can be held liable if "actual malice" is demonstrated...
...First Amendment kind of a fight instead of just a libel suit," said Caroline R. Sherman '98, publishing director of HSA, who is responsible for the Let's Go series. "I'm obviously glad for our sake that we won, but also because of the larger implications...
...from Arlington National Cemetery, took advantage of Clinton's now infamous libido. Huffington quotes a source saying "[M. Larry Lawrence's] greatest leverage was having turned a blind eye toward Clinton's affair with his own wife." Lawrence responded by slapping her and Creators Syndicate with a $25 million libel suit. Huffington won't go down easily, telling TIME, "I stand by my column. We're going to file a suit to dismiss her lawsuit...
...ALLEN is suing an old man for $12 million, charging him with libel. After reading in the National Enquirer the account of a 71-year-old ex-film librarian named Henry Armstrong in which he described the day he allegedly got run over by Allen and his Ferrari, Allen filed suit, upset that Armstrong's quotes ("He was bleary-eyed and unsteady on his feet, and he never said, 'Sorry.'") made him sound drunk. Armstrong, upset that Allen ran him over, has filed a suit...