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Category Archives: Constitutional Law
Baby Reindeer Meets PLI
We are thrilled to share that Lyrissa Lidsky, a leading expert on defamation and author of PLI’s treatise Sack on Defamation: Libel, Slander, and Related Problems (Fifth Edition), was recently quoted in the New York Times in an article about the high-profile Baby Reindeer defamation lawsuit. Check out the article: “Based on a True Story, or a True Story? In ‘Baby Reindeer’ Lawsuit, Words Matter.”
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Treatise Update –Sack on Defamation: Libel, Slander, and Related Problems (Fifth Edition)
Sack on Defamation—widely cited by U.S. courts including the U.S. Supreme Court, academics, and attorneys—offers strategic guidance for both plaintiffs’ and defense attorneys and fully covers the basic elements of a defamation claim. The treatise pinpoints how to identify practical legal issues such as when “truth” is not a defense, insults and name-calling that cross the line into defamation, how “public disclosure of private facts” becomes actionable, why statements of “opinion” are not protected, and when defamatory communications are privileged. It also integrates coverage of Internet and social media issues.
Highlights of the new release include developments covering the following topics:
- Statements held to be nonactionable: Discussion of a Delaware case in which the court considered the issue of whether a letter to an employer calling an employee’s outside actions “racist” is constitutionally protected (see section 4:3.5).
- Standard of conduct: public plaintiffs: The list of “vortex” public figures has been expanded (see section 5:3.5).
- Standard of conduct: private plaintiffs: Coverage of a case about whether the 2020 amendments to New York’s anti-SLAPP statute are retroactive (see section 6:4).
- Absolute privilege and government agencies: Summary of an unusual case from Oregon concerning false statements entered into a patient’s medical record by physicians who worked for a public corporation health system (see section 8:2.4[A]).
- Invited defamation: Spotlights a case from the Second Circuit in which former U.S. Senate candidate and Alabama Supreme Court Justice Roy Moore accused comedian Sacha Baron Cohen of defamation for falsely portraying Moore as a pedophile in a mock interview for Cohen’s television program (see section 8:2.8).
In addition, the Table of Cases, the Defendant-Plaintiff Table, and the Index have been updated.
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