Word: libelous
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that hysterical?" Dershowitz says when asked about the honor. "I've always prided myself on being a shlump. It's ruining my reputation." Dershowitz, who has won his share of lawsuits, says he's considering suing the magazine for libel...
...ANGELES--A businessman who won an unprecedented $450,000 libel judgment against the Soviet Union received a go-ahead yesterday from a federal magistrate to begin seizing Soviet assets in the United States...
Gregorian took the unusual step of suing the Soviet government and Izvestia for libel, seeking $10 million in damages and payment for medical supplies which were delivered before his expulsion...
...users know, journalese is a formidable bulwark against libel, candor and fresh utterance. Any threat to its state-of-the-art ground-breaking terminology would have a chilling effect on everybody, especially us award- winning journalists...
Computer-aided transcription has paid off handsomely in some celebrated cases. The libel suit brought by retired General William Westmoreland against CBS generated 9,745 pages of transcripts in 68 days of testimony. Using CAT technology, Stenotypist Joel Hillman was able to produce printed transcripts of each morning's proceedings soon after the lunch break. Besides offering instant access to the record, the new bench-top machines provide an unexpected benefit. Judge Marshall, who at first found the terminals "distracting," has discovered that he can sometimes prepare for other cases during routine testimony, consulting the monitor from time to time...