Libel
$115K Defamation Verdict Over Workplace Accusations of Domestic Abuse
From the Joint Pre-Trial Memorandum in McQuade v. UMass Memorial Health Care, Inc., the plaintiff's position: In the summer of 2020, a position at UMass Memorial's Heart Vascular Interventional Lab commonly known as…
“Spy” vs. “Spy” (+ Piers Morgan, President Biden, and the Iranian Nuclear Weapons Program)
From today's order in Afrasiabi v. Morgan by Judge Brian Murphy (D. Mass.): This case stems from an appearance made by Plaintiff on Defendant Piers Morgan's YouTube program, "Piers Morgan Uncensored." On…
Defamation by Hallucination in AI Reasoning Models,” by Lyrissa Lidsky & Andrew Daves
Artificial general intelligence is "probably the greatest threat to the continued existence of humanity." Or so claims OpenAI's Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman. In a seeming paradox, OpenAI defines its…
Trump Media Group’s Libel Lawsuit Over Guardian’s Allegations of Federal Criminal Investigation Dismissed
From yesterday's decision by Florida trial court judge Hunter Carroll in Trump Media & Tech. Group Corp. v. Guardian News & Media Ltd.: This action arises from the publication of several articles reporting on a…
Eleventh Circuit Rejects Trump’s Defamation Lawsuit Over CNN 2022 “Big Lie” Statement
From Trump v. CNN, Inc., decided today (correctly, I think) by Judges Adalberto Jordan, Kevin Newsom, and Elizabeth Branch: In 2022, Plaintiff-Appellant Donald J. Trump filed a defamation suit against Cable News Network, Inc.…
“The Fox Effect? Implications of Recruiting Corporate Law to Combat Misinformation,” by Lili Levi
This new article is here. The Introduction: In the wake of the mega-million-dollar settlement of U.S. Dominion's defamation action against Fox News over the network's broadcast of false election fraud claims after…
Calling Teacher “Bully,” “Lunatic,” “Woke,” “God Complex,” and “White Savior” Is Opinion and Thus Not Defamation
Yesterday's Wisconsin Court of Appeals decision in MacCudden v. Johnson (Justice Joseph Donald, joined by Justice Maxine White), involved a former high school English teacher (MacCudden); at the time of the statements,…
Virginia Court Reverses $1M Libel Judgment for School Board Chair Called “Sexual Predator/Harasser” by Activist
From Pestrak v. Sawyers, decided last week by the Virginia Court of Appeals (Judge Vernida Chaney, joined by Judges Frank Friedman and Stuart Raphael): In December 2017, Petrak, who led the "Prince William Committee…
Yasiel Puig, AI-Hallucinated Citations, Gambling, and Libel
From an L.A. Superior Court order earlier this month in Yasiel Puig Valdes v. All3 Media, LLC: In reply, Moving Defendants contend that Plaintiff's opposition should be stricken for citing fabricated cases. Upon review…
Conservative Activist Robby Starbuck Alleges Massive Defamation by Google AI
From the Complaint in Starbuck v. Google (not to be confused with the now-settled Starbuck v. Meta, which appears to have involved a different model and at least largely different hallucinations): For nearly two years, one of…
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