Libel Suit Aims at Print Reporter's Words on TV
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While editors scrutinize reporters' words before they appear in print, no one performs that function in live TV interviews -- the consequence of which will be part of a court case headed to trial next month.
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A Michael Jackson lawyer reportedly has been accused of discussing the case with a reporter in violation of a court-ordered gag rule.
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Lawyers for film director Roman Polanski will ask England's highest court this week to allow him to sue for libel while avoiding the risk of being extradited to the United States for child sex offences.
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An Indonesian court on Thursday sentenced the editor of the country&#39;s leading news magazine to one year in prison for libel in a setback for press freedom in the country.
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The director of a documentary about  John Kerry's Vietnam service sued Sinclair Broadcast Group on  Thursday, accusing it of illegally copying his photographs in a  controversial anti-Kerry movie it plans to air portions of this  week.
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JAKARTA: An Indonesian court was scheduled to deliver its verdict on a libel suit against three journalists of a weekly magazine that rights groups say highlights dangers to the country&#39;s free press.
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A Vietnam veteran shown in a documentary criticizing Sen. John Kerry's anti-war activities filed a libel lawsuit against the movie's producer Monday, saying the film falsely calls him a fraud and a liar.
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Two more newspapers are ordered to pay libel damages to an Ulster rugby fan who was assaulted at a match.
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Lark Voorhies, who played Lisa Turtle in TV&#039;s &quot;Saved By the Bell,&quot; has sued The National Enquirer for libel over an article that included claims she had a drug problem.
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The wireless carrier's lawsuit is aimed at those responsible for obtaining the phone records of a CNET News.com reporter in an HP probe.
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In a weeklong stream of appearances on news programs, Theodore and Andrew Speaker have made effective use of numerous tactics from the plaintiffâs lawyerâs playbook.
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A former US Weekly editor has sued the magazine for $55 million, saying its employees damaged her career by accusing her of stealing information from the magazine's computers.
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Panama's former president Mireya Moscoso said she would file a libel suit against a group of Taiwanese lawmakers who accused her of receiving a one-million-dollar &quot;gift&quot; from Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian.
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The editor of leading Indonesian magazine Tempo was sentenced to a year&#39;s jail yesterday in a high-profile libel case that rights groups say represents a setback for press freedom and the country&#39;s emerging democracy.
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One of BritainÂs most lauded authors has been accused in newspaper articles of copying phrases for his best-selling novel ÂAtonementÂ in 2001 from a memoir published in 1977.
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George Galloway attacks claims he was in Saddam Hussein's pay as he begins a libel battle against the Daily Telegraph.
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A lawsuit between two factions of the National League of American Pen Women alleges financial misdeeds, abuses of authority, libel and fraud.