Despite the high heat of summer, two federal courts have blown a chill wind through the law of online defamation. The courts gave the green light to libel suits over alleged implications from stock or file photos illustrating...more
Online journalists and scholars from the Americas and around the globe recently gathered at the University of Texas at Austin to assess the state of internet-based journalism.
The keynote address of the 16th annual...more
4/28/2016
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Anti-SLAPP ,
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Social Media
Fear of liability may match fear of flying for many Americans.
We all know that commercial aviation is one of the safest forms of modern transportation. But it only takes a gut-wrenching drop of an aircraft in the...more
4/28/2015
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Air Wisconsin v. Hoeper ,
Airlines ,
Airplane Accidents ,
Aviation Industry ,
Defamation ,
Invasion of Privacy ,
Libel ,
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Privacy Policy ,
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Whistleblowers
In a case of first impression for a state appellate court, a Texas broadcaster was protected against a stale libel suit arising from a news report posted to the Internet. ...more
A decades-long string of libel opinions by the Texas Supreme Court in favor of media defendants came to a resounding halt this summer. In Neely v. Wilson, the Court reversed summary judgment for an Austin television station....more
In This Issue:
- Paul Watler's Perspective: One of the few places of refuge from the political campaign advertising onslaught was public television and radio. That may change depending on a little-noticed First Amendment...more