A flurry of large companies, including Apple Inc., The New York Times and Bank of America Corp., have recently become the victims of data breaches – proving that companies of any size are vulnerable. A flurry of large companies, including Apple Inc., The New York Times and Bank of America Corp., have recently become the victims of data breaches – proving that companies of any size are vulnerable.

Pennsylvania Superior Court en banc arguments.

Two Miami police officers have filed a defamation lawsuit against Ben Affleck and Matt Damon's production company over their portrayal in Netflix's crime drama 'The Rip.'

On Monday, a Connecticut court found Alex Jones liable for defamation in claims brought by the families of eight people killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre and an FBI agent who responded to the mass shooting.

Twitter, Facebook and other social networking sites have become the latest battleground between two often conflicting legal concepts: the right of a person to speak freely, even in a vitriolic way, versus the right of another to obtain cognizable redress if those words cause subsequent emotional or physical harm.

The plaintiff's claims were premised on two news reports about her felony case for cyberbullying, which prosecutors later abandoned.

Pissed Consumer's post has gained some traction.

I've had several people ask me if I planned to post a blog about the Afroman case. It seems to be getting a fair amount of attention. But for those unfamiliar with Afroman or the case...

Scott L. Vernick was quoted in the Softpedia article, "Data Breach 411 App Released for iPhone, iPad."

Over the last few weeks, a lawsuit brought by a former JPMorgan Chase banker alleging sexual harassment and assault against the bank and a senior executive within its leveraged finance division has made headlines. The salacious complaint alleges that the executive subjected the plaintiff to sexual harassment, sexual assault, and retaliation during his employment. It also alleges that the bank defamed the plaintiff when it made derogatory claims about him to others in the financial services industry post-employment.

In a case of first impression, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania on April 2, 2012, issued its opinion in Dietz v. Chase Home Finance, LLC.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has held that an out-of-state website operator cannot be sued in a New York court based solely on the posting of allegedly libelous material on a website. Best Van Lines, Inc. v. Tim Walker, Case No. 04-2934 (2nd Cir., June 26, 2007) (Sack, J.).

Following the 2020 election, Trump-supporting right wing activist Mike Lindell, CEO of MyPillow, repeatedly and publicly claimed that he possessed data showing that China had interfered with the election.

The United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, applying Florida law, has held that a professional liability insurer did not have a duty to defend or indemnify its insured in a lawsuit ...

As I mentioned in my last post, litigation claims continue to evolve and expand in the cannabis industry, and we've noticed substantial interest in defamation claims.

A San Diego jury awarded that amount to a former employee who claimed he was wrongfully terminated based on his arrest record and then defamed.

The California Court of Appeal issued an important decision clarifying that an employee cannot recover damages...

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court held in Sabatini v. Knouse that a student sexually harassed in an academic setting may sue the individual perpetrator directly under G. L. c. 214, § 1C, not just the educational...

On March 8, 2019, New York State Supreme Court Justice Joel M. Cohen dismissed a defamation action brought by Eros International plc, an Indian media company,

With the ever-expanding role of social media and the Internet, negative reviews can spread virtually unchecked.