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Heitner Legal is your one-stop shop for all of your defamation-related questions/needs. Contact us for more information after reading this article. Defamation actions can be the most emotionally driven court cases, where one party charges another for communicating (either orally or through written means) a false statement of fact that results in reputational harm. These […]
Eric Smith says he was falsely identified as the Cleveland Browns fan who threw his beer on Tennessee Titans player Logan Ryan during the Browns home opener on September 8, and now he is filed a lawsuit seeking relief. On October 14, Smith and wife Antinuch Naowarat filed a Complaint in the Court of Common […]
In a decision handed down this past Wednesday, a California Court of Appeals ruled that Asfaw Teferi, a soccer executive for a team in the Ethiopian Sports Federation in North America (“ESFNA”), was not a public figure for the purposes of his defamation lawsuit. This opinion could have implications for other sports executives in non-major […]
On Tuesday, Ryan Zimmerman of the Washington Nationals and Ryan Howard of the Philadelphia Phillies filed separate suits in federal court against Al Jazeera America for libel. These claims stem from the television network’s recent documentary that linked, among others, the two baseball players to performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs). Both suits were filed by the law […]
Social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and Twitter have given individuals a voice and a way to express themselves. However, social media has also lead to the rise of causes of action connected to defamation. Defamation is essentially based on an individual making a false statement that has been published and causes injury. Under […]
Take a scroll with me; visit ESPN.com and read the latest article regarding speculation about where LeBron James should play next, or about how Richard Sherman was part of the latest scuffle to take place at an NFL minicamp. Instead of reading the content of the articles, go straight to the comment section. Typically, the […]
There are two big problems with filing defamation lawsuits (obviously, without looking at the facts of the various potential cases): 1) Defamation lawsuits are very difficult to win, and 2) Even if the plaintiff gets a judgment in his/her favor, the damages awarded tend to be small. But there are always exceptions to the rule. […]
Proving $800,000 worth of damage in any lawsuit is not an easy task. When it is a lawsuit primary based on supposed defamation, that task’s difficulty is multiplied many times over. In general, it is very tough to prove a defamatory act. Recently, a radio staffer at one radio station sued another radio station (WNST) […]
While many women believe that a “diamond is forever,” what do judges think about Tweets made on the social networking site Twitter? Are statements made within Tweets stuck in a cache for eternity? Upon clicking “Tweet,” has it been published? Does it matter in a defamation case? Last week, it was revealed that Bill Spooner, […]
Daniel Snyder, owner of the Washington Redskins, is filed a Complaint against Atalaya Capital Management LP and the newspaper it owns, Washington City Paper (WCP). One glaring issue that Snyder had with the WCP is that it used the picture shown to the right in one of its articles discussing Snyder back in November 2010. […]