Defamation is the act of communicating false statements about a person that injures their reputation. Legal protections for a person’s reputation go back to common law and were well developed over the ...

The internet has revolutionized communication, making it easier than ever to share information about people, businesses, and organizations. However, the ability to rapidly disseminate information also ...

In one of the first trials in the nation to address Internet defamation, a Dallas County, Texas, jury rejected a $700 million suit by an Internet company that claimed it was harmed by negative ...

SYDNEY, 11 December 2002 — In a landmark case, Australia’s highest court yesterday gave a businessman the right to sue for defamation in Australia over an article published in the United States and ...