All Articles tagged defamation

• Justice Commentaries
  January 22, 2024 EDT
  THE POTENTIAL FOR DEFAMATION LAW TO STOP HATEFUL AND FALSE ONLINE RHETORIC TOWARDS LGBTQ INDIVIDUALS
  Max Sevor

  The primary question this Albany Law School student note addresses is whether LGBTQ individuals targeted in social media by bad-faith accusations of grooming may seek recourse under defamation law.

• General
  December 12, 2018 EDT
  THE TIDES OF TRANSGRESSIONS: AN ANALYSIS OF DEFAMATION AND THE RIGHTS OF THE LGBT COMMUNITY
  Ashley Milosevic

  The purpose of this discussion is to examine the arguments, history, and possible solutions to considering a false imputation of homosexuality defamatory.

• New York Appeals
  March 03, 2013 EDT
  NEW YORK‘S APPELLATE COURTS WRESTLE WITH SIGNIFICANT ISSUES IN INTERNET DEFAMATION CASES
  Alan J. Pierce

  This article examines how New York state appellate courts have applied internet-defamation principles after the Court of Appeals rulings in Lunney v. Prodigy Services Co., and Firth v. State.

• New York Appeals
  March 03, 2011 EDT
  PRESS FREEDOM AND PRIVATE PEOPLE: THE LIFE AND TIMES (AND FUTURE) OF CHAPADEAU V. UTICA OBSERVER-DISPATCH
  David E. McCraw

  This article concludes that the Court of Appeals was correct in providing reporters with the freedom to make excusable mistakes without fear of liability.