Word: libellant
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...first case of its kind, a Massachusetts Superior Court judge on December 23 exonerated a former Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) student who had been charged with libel by a professor from Wellesley College...
Lawyers said they believe the Roy case is thefirst instance in which a student journalist hasbeen brought to court on libel charges in thestate of Massachusetts...
...always enjoyed being the Democrats' favorite Republican--a lawyer trusted enough to be asked to review Senator Bob Packwood's private diaries, a conservative judge with serious credentials as a defender of the First Amendment. He had even ruled in favor of the Washington Post in a big libel suit. "[When] the attacks began," Starr says, "I started saying, 'Well, how do you respond?' And one of the things I said was, 'I will try to bring the qualities of the judge [to the investigation]...eschew political considerations and personal predilections, and [try] to be as steadily neutral as possible...
...being sued for $100 million by a former friend who says a character in the TV show was based on him, a lawyer for the plaintiff said Monday. In a 29-page civil suit filed Friday in Manhattan Supreme Court, Michael Costanza, 43, accuses the comedian of slander, libel and unauthorized use of his name, likeness and persona for the character George Costanza. A lawyer for the real Costanza says that, like the character played by Jason Alexander, his client is "short, heavyset and bald...
Decherd experienced a similar mistake during his years at The Crimson. Lubow, he and The Crimson were sued for libel concerning a story Lubow wrote about a tenure appointment. The case was settled out of court...