Minneapolis Business Lawyer

Journalist Arthur Kent of Calgary, Alberta in Canada has revealed the details of his defamation lawsuit against CanWest Publishing Inc. Kent ran as a Progressive Conservative candidate earlier this year in Alberta’s provincial elections.
According to Kent, several CanWest news periodicals published an inaccurate, biased and damaging article, but refused to print his rebuttal. The article […]

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Harold Wilson, Jr, a court security officer for Madison County, IL, has settled his lawsuit against the city of Venice. According to the claim he filed in December 2007, the city distributed documents among workers at the Madison County Sheriff’s Department stating that Wilson could possibly be in police custody in Venice. These documents were […]

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Former California Representative Gary Condit lost a defamation case earlier this month.  Condit was suing Dominick Dunne for remarks he made on CNN’s Larry King Live regarding Condit’s involvement in the disappearance of Chandra Levy, a former Washington D.C. intern whose murder remains unsolved.

Dunne told guest interviewer Bob Costas, “I think he knows […]

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United States district judge Sara Lioi recently dismissed a defamation lawsuit filed by a former Bentleyville Village treasurer.  The charge, brought by Margaret Bays and her husband, claimed reports were made that the couple threatened to reveal a former council member’s alleged income tax problems unless he resigned from his position.  The names of the […]

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The Superior Court of Guam recently dismissed a defamation lawsuit filed by Dr. George Macris.  The court cited the privilege between doctors to speak freely concerning management of life-threatening situations as the reason for dismissal.  Dr. Ian Richardson expressed concern about Dr. Macris’ assessment and management of a serious medical situation in a hospital memorandum.
Dr. […]

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