The California Supreme Court revived a streaming service’s libel suit against a trade publication Monday in a case that could have major free speech implications for the Golden State’s entertainment industry and beyond.
Read moreThe attorney for a video streaming service engaged in a contentious defamation lawsuit with ad tracker DoubleVerify urged California’s high court Wednesday to draw limits around the free speech protections in the state’s anti-SLAPP law.
Read moreThe California Supreme Court on Monday ordered a trial court to determine whether a company hired by the Southern California city of Carson to woo a National Football League team will prevail on his claims surrounding the city’s decision to hire someone else – a key element to decide the city’s anti-SLAPP motion to strike the suit.
Read moreRock star Eddie Money’s decision to fire his drummer amounted to protected activity for the purpose of his anti-SLAPP motion to strike the drummer’s lawsuit, a California appellate panel ruled Friday, leaving it for the trial court to decide whether the drummer still has a chance of prevailing on the merits.
Read moreA federal judge on Monday tossed adult film star Stormy Daniels’ defamation lawsuit against President Donald Trump, and also awarded the president attorney’s fees.
Read moreA Philippines-based megachurch must amend its claims against a group of expelled ministers and members it accuses of stealing its logo and copyrighted hymns to start their own competing church.
Read moreA federal judge in Los Angeles said Monday he was leaning toward dismissing a defamation lawsuit filed by adult film star Stormy Daniels against President Donald Trump because a presidential tweet at the heart of the case is an opinion protected by the First Amendment.
Read moreResponding to President Donald Trump’s effort to dump her lawsuit, adult film star Stormy Daniels on Monday renewed her bid to depose the president about his knowledge of a threat made against her in 2011 incident after she made plans to tell the story of her alleged affair with Trump.
Read moreAn attorney for President Donald Trump asked a federal judge on Monday to toss porn star Stormy Daniels’ defamation lawsuit, arguing she can’t claim to have been damaged by a presidential tweet when she’s making big money from her newfound fame.
Read moreMedical records obtained from a health care provider, social media posts and an alleged smear campaign are at the heart of a defamation case between two fan clubs who meet at Disneyland in Southern California.
Read morePlanned Parenthood’s federal lawsuit accusing anti-abortion activists of hampering abortion access with doctored videos creating the impression clinics sell aborted fetal tissue will proceed intact, the Ninth Circuit ruled Wednesday.
Read moreAttorneys who facilitated a hush agreement following an alleged affair between adult film actress Stormy Daniels and then-presidential candidate Donald Trump have filed a motion to arbitrate a dispute over the agreement rather than hash it out in open federal court.
Read moreAfter refusing to pay rent this summer to protest rent hikes by new landlords, tenants of an apartment in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Boyle Heights told a judge Wednesday the subsequent eviction notices amounted to retaliation.
Read moreA private wastewater-treatment company received a severe legal defeat from a California appeals court on Thursday, meaning it will remain on the hook for criminal violations connected to a hazardous-waste explosion at its Ventura County location in 2014.
Read moreThe Ninth Circuit on Friday gave little indication whether it would advance the bulk of Planned Parenthood’s lawsuit accusing anti-abortion activists of interfering with access to abortion, or shrink the scope of claims the activists face over doctored videos purporting to show the reproductive health organization selling aborted fetal tissue.
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The Nevada Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that state law protects a 2012 online petition started by the National Jewish Democratic Council accusing casino mogul Sheldon Adelson of allowing prostitution in Macau.
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A Texas wildlife lover took her fight to free four white tigers to federal court Tuesday, claiming their cramped quarters at a Houston aquarium and confinement indoors there for 13 years violates the Endangered Species Act.
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