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• Homophobic singer Buju Banton innocent of drug charges

  
  PinkNews.co.uk — Authority: 683
  Buju Banton, the homophobic Jamaican reggae star, is innocent of the drug charges against him, his lawyer has said. The Grammy-nominated singer was arrested last Thursday in Miami.
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• Defamation and the internet: a consultation response to the Ministry of Justice

  
  Online Journalism Blog — Authority: 530
  Last month I blogged about the consultation currently taking place on the law of defamation and the multiple publication rule. The deadline for that is today. Below I’ve published my own responses. If you feel I’ve got something wrong or missed something, please let me know. Question 1. Taking into account ...
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• H.R. Clinton: Free Speech

  
  Take Our Country Back — Authority: 125
  Remarks on the Human Rights Agenda for the 21st Century Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Georgetown Universitys Gaston Hall Washington, DC December 14, 2009 In our first session, we cosponsored the successful resolution on Freedom of Expression , a forceful declaration of principle at a time when ...
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• H.R. Clinton: Free Speech

  
  MBVD — Authority: 132
  Remarks on the Human Rights Agenda for the 21st CenturyHillary Rodham ClintonSecretary of StateGeorgetown Universitys Gaston HallWashington, DCDecember 14, 2009In our first session, we cosponsored the successful resolution on Freedom of Expression, a forceful declaration of principle at a time when that freedom is ...
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• The “Co-Owner” of a Local Flying School Threatens This Very Blog

  
  San Francisco Citizen — Authority: 482
  Read below to see the message that came over the transom of  this little blog  yesterday, the very blog you’re looking at right now. It concerns a post from a year and half ago about an airplane crash-landing  that resulted in no major injuries .  The missive, in its entirety:  “When you google ...
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• When Lawsuits Backfire: The Georges Marciano Tale

  
  WSJ.com: Law Blog — Authority: 720
  If theres something uniquely American about the rags-to-riches-to-rags trope, it strikes us that theres something perhaps even more American about a rags-to-riches-to-rags-because-of-too-much-litigation story. According to an LAT article, such describes the fate of Guess Jeans founder Georges Marciano.
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• Defamation and Media Law

  
  Socyberty — Authority: 578
  Defamation: What can you say when publishing an article? Firstly, when we talk of defamation, we are generally talking about a false statement about a person having been made. Some statements are more harmful to people than others and one should take special care when accusing people of committing a crime, of being ...
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• 5 Legal Issues to Watch in 2010

  
  The Blog Herald — Authority: 543
  The blogging legal climate is one of constant change. Though certain issues will always be of critical importance to bloggers, as they will to anyone who is a part of mass media, there is always a great deal that’s in flux. This is especially true for bloggers as legislators and judges are just beginning to take on ...
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• Anti-gay singer Buju Banton arrested on drug charges

  
  PinkNews.co.uk — Authority: 683
  The Jamaican reggae star Buju Banton is in custody pending charges of drug offences. The singer, who has been condemned for lyrics calling for gays to be killed, was arrested in Miami on Thursday.
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• Adam Lambert: The Star-Spangled Banner at the ADL Fundraiser

  
  Top Idol — Authority: 519
  Our favorite Adam Lambert fan living in Dubai must be stateside again…perhaps her husband lost his job since the Dubai economy tanked? Or maybe she’s just in for the Hanukkah holidays? In any case, she must have used her Los Angeles connections to get a ticket to Wednesday’s Anti-Defamation League fundraiser ...
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• RT FB Robert Neuschul: "Sometimes I really DO love new technology: #Defamation Mapping of the World" http://bit.ly/8mVCJg

  
  Letters from Septic Land — Authority: 109
  
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• O’Dowd on Defamation

  
  cearta.ie — Authority: 124
  John O’Dowd of the School of Law, UCD, is first into print with a detailed analysis of the Defamation Act, 2009 (pdf): see “Ireland’s New Defamation Act” (2009) 1 (2) Journal of Media Law 173-190. Here’s the abstract [with added links]:The Defamation Act 2009 [pdf] places the law of defamation in Ireland on ...
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• Internet Defamation: Sue Scheff Discusses Google Bombs and Reputation Management

  
  California Defamation Law Blog — Authority: 416
  Enrico Schaefer over at Traverse Legal alerted me to this podcast that a colleague of his hosted with reputation management pioneer Sue Scheff . I have discussed Sues harrowing story and her book Google Bomb (co-written with attorney John dozier, Jr.) in a previous post. In this podcast, Sue discusses: The ...
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• Is Speaking Ill of The Dead Considered Defamation?

  
  California Defamation Law Blog — Authority: 416
  "De mortuis nil nisi bonum" Weve all heard the phrase "speak no ill of the dead," right? Its a phrase thats been passed down through the ages and I think most times people speak rather favorably about the departed. But not always . . . Now, admittedly, I hate to write about such a morbid topic around the holidays ...
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• ‘A Town Called Sue’: England Weighing Changes to Libel Law

  
  WSJ.com: Law Blog — Authority: 720
  The NYT reports that English lawmakers are considering a change to the nations 19th-century libel laws, which have come under fire around the globe for being too plaintiff-friendly.
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• Rachel Uchitel -- No Joy Being Called Hooker

  
  TMZ.com | Celebrity Gossip | Entertainment News | Celebrity News — Authority: 833
  Filed under: Celebrity Justice , TV , The View , Tiger Woods Rachel Uchitel is threatening to sue the ladies at "The View" -- or at least one of them -- for suggesting shes a hooker.Gloria Allred, lawyer for Tiger Woods alleged mistress #1, is pissed that Joy Behar joked on the show on Thursday, "Yeah, ... ...
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• Make English second official language, Malaysia urged

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Kuala Lumpur, Dec 11 (IANS) A leading Malaysian Indian lawyer-lawmaker wants the constitution to be amended to make English the second official language to enable its free use in courts.Reacting to a judgment stipulating use of Bahasa Malaysia in courts and for filing documents, Karpal Singh, who is also the ...
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• Rachel Uchitel -- No Joy Being Called Hooker

  
  TMZ.com | Celebrity Gossip | Entertainment News | Celebrity News — Authority: 833
  Filed under: Celebrity Justice , Tiger Woods Rachel Uchitel is threatening to sue the ladies at "The View" -- or at least one of them -- for suggesting shes a hooker.Gloria Allred, lawyer for Tiger Woods alleged mistress #1, is pissed that Joy Behar joked on the show today, "Yeah, you-ka-tell ... Permalink
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• Is It Legal for an Editor to Unmask an Anonymous Commenter?

  
  learning.now — Authority: 684
  On November 13, the St. Louis Post-Dispatchs website, StLToday , asked readers to comment on a story titled, "Whats the craziest thing youve ever eaten?" Soon, a commenter posted a reply that included a "vulgar, two-syllable word for a part of a womans anatomy," according to an online account by Kurt Greenbaum, ...
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• Prita in New York Times

  
  Indonesia Law Reporter (Indolawreport) — Authority: 91
  Pritas story is now in New York Times : PRITA MULYASARI became famous, as her lawyer put it, for going from “e-mail to jail.” Her ordeal began when she sent an e-mail message complaining about the poor treatment she received at a hospital to 20 relatives, friends and co-workers. The message, forwarded from one ...
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