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Rich Idiot Stops Trying to Sue Paper for Saying True Things
Max Read · 09/11/11 02:10PMBad Book Review Ignites Libel Suit
Brian Moylan · 02/21/11 05:51PMShirley Sherrod Sues Andrew Breitbart
Jim Newell · 02/14/11 03:06PMShirley Sherrod, who was fired from her USDA job last year after Andrew Breitbart posted online an edited video of her, has filed a lawsuit for libel and slander against Breitbart in D.C. Superior Court. The suit was filed on Friday, and Breitbart was served with it this weekend, while attending the Conservative Political Action Conference, according to The New York Times.
Norwegian Idiot Thinks Wikileaks Deserves Nobel Prize
John Cook · 02/02/11 03:13PMStephen Colbert Defends Blood Libel and 'The Right to Rage'
Madeleine Davies · 01/13/11 02:02PMDuring the Wørd segment of last night's Colbert Report, Stephen responded to those calling for a more reasonable and eloquent political discourse. "You know who else was eloquent?" he asks. "Hitler."
Bitter, Failed Senate Candidate Jeff Greene to Sue Newspapers for Mocking Him
Jim Newell · 09/01/10 03:42PMNightlife Blogger Steve Lewis Sued for Libel
Brian Moylan · 06/15/10 11:46AMNewspapers: No Longer Being Sued, Now Suing Others
Hamilton Nolan · 06/09/10 10:03AMCarrie Prejean Suing Everyone
Pareene · 08/31/09 12:50PMBerlusconi To Sue Every European Newspaper He Doesn't Own
Pareene · 08/28/09 10:07AMSorry For Calling You a Rapist, Mr. President
Hamilton Nolan · 07/30/09 01:07PMSign That Twitter Is Growing Up: Libel Suit Filed over Single Tweet
Ryan Tate · 07/28/09 12:02PMNew York Post to Debbie Rowe: So Sue Us
John Cook · 07/15/09 09:36AM'Promiscuous Slut,' Legally Defined
Hamilton Nolan · 07/08/09 09:38AMEngland Is Now Safe For Irony
Hamilton Nolan · 12/14/08 11:47AMTimes Interview Causes Multibillion-Dollar Indian Lawsuit
Hamilton Nolan · 09/29/08 04:01PMWow, this is a proud mark of the global influence of the financially puny New York Times: a story it did in June has prompted one of the world's richest men to sue his own brother for more than $2 billion. Awesome! Anil Ambani says that his brother Mukesh (they each inherited half of the massive Indian conglomerate Reliance) smeared his good name in the Times, so he had no choice but to sue him, the Times, and two Indian papers for 100 billion rupees. Here's the offending passage that set him off:
Order Restored As (Nazi?) Prison Orgy Exec Wins Lawsuit
Hamilton Nolan · 07/24/08 08:18AMMax Mosley, the British auto racing boss who found himself in a scandal over his Nazi-or-maybe-prison-themed sex orgy video and embarrassed the world's luxury auto makers, has won his privacy lawsuit against the UK paper that published the photos, thereby killing the UK's gossip industry. Slate will find a way to make the whole thing boring. Jalopnik has the tape. Here's how Mosley won:
Nazi Orgy Lawsuit May Kill UK Gossip Industry
Pareene · 07/10/08 11:57AMUK privacy laws continue to get stricter and stricter, and it's all thanks to Nazis. Or in this case, high-profile sons of prominent Nazi-sympathizers who may or may not get some sort of sexual satisfaction out of Nazi roleplay. Max Mosley is in charge of Formula One racing and some other gay European motorsports. He is the son of Oswald Mosley, the "Mr. Oswald with the Swastika tattoo" from that one Elvis Costello song. Oswald was a famous British fascist who hung out with Hitler all the time. Max claims he isn't a Nazi though he's now forced to admit in court that he loves sado-masochism. He's forced to admit this because of a lawsuit he brought which threatens the very industry of celebrity gossip in the UK.
Worst Player In Tennis Sues Media Over Name-Calling
Hamilton Nolan · 06/11/08 11:52AMThe UK's stupid libel laws allow people to successfully sue the media for making fun of them. So Robert Dee, a 21-year-old British guy who is the world's Worst Professional Tennis Player, is suing three newspapers there for pointing out that he is, in fact, the Worst Professional Tennis Player. Mainly, this makes us glad to be in America, where we're free to tell you that Robert Dee is the Worst Professional Tennis Player. But also, the facts aren't even on his side; it sure sounds like he really is the Worst Professional Tennis Player!: