BBC News Amanda Knox, the US student convicted of murdering her British housemate in Italy, faces a fresh trial, charged with slandering police officers. The claims stem from the inquiries into the death of Meredith Kercher in 2007. At her…
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals has required an Illinois newspaper to reveal the identity of an online commenter. The case revolved around an Illinois couple who tried to convert their home to a bed and breakfast. They were unsuccessful…
Victoria Firm Settles Online Defamation Case AdviceScene.com announces today that it has reached a satisfactory settlement in its Internet defamation action against LawBuzz.ca. This case is one of a growing number of defamation cases involving online postings. Forum users are…
AdviceScene recently settled a case against Lawbuzz Canada Inc. over comments published on their legal forum last year. The apology is part of the settlement agreement. We sued Lawbuzz for publishing defamatory statements made by four of it’s anonymous members;…
Guest Blogger: Antonin Pribetic “Online publications are often about people, and it is perhaps human nature to find greater pleasure in writing and reading scandalous stories reflecting upon the wickedness of one’s fellow men than about the Mother Teresas of…