Attacked by two justices, lower-court judges and litigants, the 1964 ruling in New York Times v. Sullivan keeps getting cited ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Casino mogul Steve Wynn has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear an appeal that, if granted, could ...

First Amendment experts say Mr. Trump’s lawsuits, based on an unproven legal theory, lack merit. But more could be on the way ...

President Trump has won some victories about whether the 60-year-old precedent protecting sharp-elbowed journalism could be ...

The allegations against Greig Nori have not been tested in court, and statements of defence have not been filed in either ...

State Superintendent Ryan Walters has asked for summary judgment in a defamation lawsuit filed against Walters by a former ...

First Amendment advocates warn that eliminating such protections for the press could turn libel lawsuits into weapons of political suppression.

Mark Robinson, who unsuccessfully ran for governor in North Carolina, has dropped a libel suit against CNN, reports Politico.

To oversimplify matters somewhat, under Indiana libel law, a libel claim based on speech on matters of public concern can only prevail based on a showing of knowing or reckless falsehood—mere ...

Mark Robinson, the former North Carolina lieutenant governor whose scandal-plagued candidacy doomed his gubernatorial bid last year, is dropping his libel lawsuit against CNN.

Sullivan. That 1964 ruling, as well as a handful of subsequent cases, made it much harder for public figures like Mr. Trump to win libel lawsuits.” In his October lawsuit against CBS News ...