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Freddie Starr loses defamation claim at High Court in London
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Freddie Starr, 72, has lost his £300,000 defamation claim at the High Court in London today against a woman who accused him on TV of groping her in Jimmy Savile’s dressing room in 1974.

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American Apparel ex-CEO Charney sues investor for defamation
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American Apparel attributed the suspension to Charney’s alleged misuse of company funds and failure to stop a subordinate from posting false blog entries about former employees. In the defamation case, Charney said that Standard General, through its alleged control of American Apparel’s board, paid outside law firm Jones Day millions of dollars to “manufacture” reasons […]

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Facts, not defamation
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In 2005, the Government Accountability Office reported that the percentage of criminal aliens in federal prisons was about 27 percent of the total inmate population from 2001 through 2004. A 2007 GAO study of 55,322 illegal aliens discovered that they …

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Inspired by Dhoni vs Zee, Aliens file a defamation suit against India …
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New Delhi. Inspired by Dhoni's defamation suit against Zee media group, a congregation of aliens from across the universe have decided to slap a 1000 cr defamation suit on India TV for allegedly telecasting 'malicious' news …

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New defamation law will make it HARDER to sue for libel by requiring proof of 'serious harm'
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Britain has become known as a hotspot for ‘libel tourism’, while high-profile cases such as that of Lance Armstrong have led to a clamour for reform.

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Tawana Brawley hoax: Woman begins payments for defamation hoax
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The Tawana Brawley hoax allegations that caused racial tensions back in 1987 when she claimed she was abducted and raped by a group of white men is back in the news. According to CBS on Aug. 4, Brawley has finally…

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Jones' defamation case stirs a war of words
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News.cincinnati.com reported that Sarah Jones, the former Ben-Gals cheerleader and high school teacher, is claiming the gossip website TheDirty.com is guilty of cyber-bullying. The defense attorney for the website said that the site might…

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French media analyst convicted of defamation after accusing state TV station of faking footage of Palestinian boy's death
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The footage more than a decade ago galvanised anti-Israeli sentiment, and shaped perspectives of the Mideast conflict during the second Palestinian uprising.

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High Court battle over defamation claim could dent Liam Fox's comeback hopes
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Amid speculation that Dr Fox (pictured) could be made Chief Whip, a High Court judge has scheduled a trial over a defamation claim filed by the former Cabinet Minister.

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