PHOENIX — A federal court in Arizona denied an insurer’s motion for judgment on the pleadings in a breach-of-contract dispute brought by several professional models whose image and likeness were used without their permission by a strip club. They seek recovery for claims resolved in their defamation lawsuit against the strip club, and the insurer has not established an “exhibitions and related marketing” exclusion in the models’ contracts applied to the advertisements at issue.
PHILADELPHIA — A federal court in Pennsylvania dismissed a law firm’s defamation suit against a former client who posted one-star reviews accusing its attorneys of missing three court dates, ignoring emails and providing unethical or inadequate legal services. The reviews were either admittedly true, protected opinions based on disclosed facts or otherwise not defamatory.
Growing awareness of the dangers social media poses for young, developing brains has shown up in a wave of new restrictions globally.
As the Sheinbaum administration vows to look into the case of a sixth slain journalist this year, advocacy groups call her response to a pattern of violence insufficient.
TAMPA, Fla. — The Washington Post won summary judgment from a Florida federal court on Trump Media’s defamation complaint over its article headlined “Trust linked to porn-friendly bank could gain a stake in Trump’s Truth Social.” The newspaper admits the article included false information — the claim that Trump Media Technology Group “paid a $240,000 referral fee in connection with an $8 million loan from an entity known as ES Family Trust” — and has since issued a correction, but there was no proof of malice in its actions.
The festival kicks off on September 2. The full slate of films vying for the Golden Lion is expected to be revealed next week.
The EU’s top court said Google's legal protections could disappear when YouTube gains detailed knowledge of illegal content through its own commercial partnerships, potentially raising the bar for online platforms across Europe.
Four plaintiffs claim Fox invited O'Leary five times to air his false accusations in three weeks without contacting them for comment.
Jurors in May 2023 found Donald Trump liable for rape and defamation. He has delayed payment for the past three years.
SAN FRANCISCO — A California federal court granted partial summary judgments to both sides of a copyright dispute brought against Meta by Epidemic Sound, a music production and distribution firm, over claims that Meta’s Reels Remix feature uses tracks that infringe on Epidemic’s copyrights. Epidemic showed it has a valid copyright over several of the tracks in dispute, while Meta has shown that Epidemic cannot pursue statutory damages regarding another batch of tracks. The bulk of the dispute moves on.
Rio de Janeiro became Brazil's first state capital to adopt such a restriction, days after the federal government tightened advertising rules for licensed betting operators.
