Word: libeling
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Sidney Blumenthal's libel suit against cyber-gadfly Matt Drudge will be filed on Wednesday. Really. That's according to Blumenthal's lawyer, William A. McDaniel, who is bringing libel litigation into uncharted territory with this...
William A. McDaniel, Baltimore-based lawyer for White House aide Sidney Blumenthal, is ready to file his libel suit against online tipster Matt Drudge (who says Blumenthal abuses his wife). McDaniel, said to be leaning toward Tuesday, is keeping his staff in suspense. We'll let you know...
Mother warned you not to play with your food--and don't insult the legumes either. Thirteen states now have so-called veggie-libel laws that allow farmers to sue anyone who unfairly claims their products are dangerous to eat. Agricultural lobbyists argued for these laws after apple growers saw their sales plummet following a 60 Minutes report that Alar, a chemical used in the apple industry, may cause cancer. The threat of libel, First Amendment advocates fear, could put a clamp on public debate of legitimate health concerns, especially as food producers explore new agricultural techniques such as irradiation...
Kisser sued the Church and its president, Rev. Heber Jentzsch, for libel on the basis of statements contained in an October 1991 issue of Freedom Magazine, a Church of Scientology publication...
...famous libel case--psychoanalyst Jeffrey Masson against the New Yorker's Janet Malcolm--turned in part on whether an interview took place over goat cheese at Chez Panisse in Berkeley, Calif., or breakfast at Malcolm's Manhattan home. Details matter, especially when they wound real people. Reich is safe: his meals--lunch, breakfast, whatever--were with public figures. Not so the reader who thought Reich was being true to what happened...