Media & Communications Law

Blogger Settles Threatened Big-Firm Libel Case

A Nashville, Tenn., woman and a local recruiting firm that had threatened to sue her over her blogged description of a bad experience there have agreed to settle their differences. The dispute apparently was resolved after Katherine Coble agreed to remove “select portions” of her blog that headhunter J.L. Kirk…

Apr 18, 2007 12:09 AM CDT

Times Libel Suit Dismissed

A Texas judge has dismissed a libel suit against the New York Times involving stories that won a Pulitzer Prize, the newspaper reports. The suit had claimed the newspaper made false statements about the quality of health care provided to workers at a pipe manufacturing plant in its series on…

Apr 17, 2007 2:00 PM CDT

Internet—and Law?—Supports Blogger in Spat

It used to be that a business suing an individual, with the help of a well-known local law firm, had a big advantage. But that’s not necessarily true today. In an ongoing spat between a Nashville, Tenn., woman and a recruiting firm over a critical post on her blog about…

Apr 16, 2007 6:45 PM CDT

Anna Nicole’s lawyer/companion files slander suit

Last week, we told you that the husband of country singer Sara Evans filed a slander suit against his wife’s divorce lawyer. A second slander suit has now been filed, this one against a lawyer for the mother of Anna Nicole Smith, according to the Associated Press. The suit, filed…

Apr 16, 2007 4:59 PM CDT