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A lawyer and an estate agent locked horns in court over defamatory messages, which were sparked by an affair between the now ...

Defamation claims against the Arizona Cardinals organization from former exec Terry McDonough and his family have been thrown ...

James Crowley, a sergeant with the Cambridge Police Department, sued The Harvard Crimson in Massachusetts Superior Court on ...

Jeffrey Mishkin, the arbitrator appointed by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, determined the Cardinals defamed McDonough in a ...

A federal judge in district court in Arizona has dismissed claims of defamation by former Cardinals executive Terry McDonough, his wife and daughter against the team, its law firm and public relations ...

Defamation cases are on the rise as social media has given more people a platform to 'publish' actionable content.

Two months after its CEO was shot and killed in broad daylight, UnitedHealth Group is fighting back on what the company calls “defamation” claims.

The insurer and its law firm denies a doctor’s online claim that it refused to cover care for a cancer patient.

The city of Springfield, Ohio has filed a lawsuit against an alleged neo-Nazi group for conducting what it claims to be a ...

Justices could use the case to weaken press freedom protections stemming from the New York Times vs. Sullivan ruling. Wynn ...