Samantha Markle sued her half-sister Meghan Markle for defamation in the Middle District of Florida last year over statements Meghan made on a televised interview with Oprah Winfrey and in the Netflix series Harry & Meghan. Meghan defended the case, Markle v. Markle, aggressively, with the court ultimately dismissing the complaint for failure to state…
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A recent defamation lawsuit filed against the Brevard County sheriff made headlines, as it targets the sheriff’s “Wheel of Fugitive” Facebook videos, which spoof Wheel of Fortune. The plaintiff, David Gay, said he wasn’t a fugitive when his name and image appeared — several times — on the wheel, and, as a result, lost a job…
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After a rare Saturday hearing, this weekend, United States Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler entered an order enjoining President Trump’s so-called WeChat ban because it violates the First Amendment of the United States Constitution. A copy of the order is embedded below. WeChat is a platform much like WhatsApp, LINE, Facebook Messenger, that allows for communication…
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