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...trial, which was held on Wednesday, March 15, at the Palace of Justice in Paris, Jardine and Suleiman contended that Loupan blantantly misrepresented their teaching qualifications and the content of Harvard's French program. A verdict in the libel suit is expected...
Lawyer Herve Cren presented both cases in thetrial, but only Jardine's has legal standingbecause Suleiman's papers were delivered two daysafter the statute of limitation on libel hadexpired...
...France, the plaintiff does not need to showintentional defamation and can win a libel suit ifthere are important factual errors in an article...
...French libel law is more weighted in favor ofthe plaintiff," Suleiman says. "Suleiman says. "Ifthe journalist makes statements that are libelous,that is, which do harm to the 'honor andreputation' of an individual, that is sufficient,I believe," to win a case...
Many legal experts have predicted that Jardineand Suleiman will win the case, Jardine says. Ifthey do, Le Figaro will have to publish astatement in newspapers of Jardine and Suleiman'schoosing that it was found guilty of libel anddefamation, Jardine says...