Free Press Act of 2012 introduced in Senate.
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A dentist sued a former patient because the patient posted negative reviews about him online.
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The Associated Press settled a lawsuit with an NBA referee who felt he was defamed by a tweet from one of their writers, paying $20,000 in damages and removing the tweet from the account.
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A Portland, Oregon blogger faced a $1 million defamation lawsuit from a medical spa doctor after she blogged and tweeted about his practice. The blogger’s lawyer filed an anti-SLAPP motion to get the case dismissed.
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Following a lawsuit filed in Washington County Superior Court by national activist Ralph Nader, a judge in Maine said the state’s anti-SLAPP law needs further review by the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.
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University of Mississippi’s basketball coach settled a defamation lawsuit with a cab driver and a valet stemming from a dispute over a ride.
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An Alaska Native corporation filed a lawsuit against a California reporter and two news outlets in federal court in Alaska, claiming a story investigating the company's federal contract to replace a rail bridge and train tracks in Napa Valley damaged its reputation.
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A federal judge ruled Dixie Chicks singer Natalie Maines didn't defame a father mourning for his murdered stepson and has ordered the man to pay the singer's legal fees.
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A federal court of appeals has dismissed the case against best selling author known for his crime thrillers.
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An Illinois Circuit Court Judge threw out a defamation suit that had been brought by a realty-management company against a Chicago renter. The suit was based on comments that the renter had posted on Twitter.
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A North End reporter lost her appeal to the Mass. Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) to dismiss a defamation lawsuit made against her by a North End developer.
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Citizen Participation Act of 2009 was introduced.
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A township supervisor said that he planned to file a defamation lawsuit against a recall organizer, a Flushing Township resident and former township supervisor.
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A woman sought to recoup $135,000, which her lawyer told jurors was her legal debt to defend herself in a defamation lawsuit. She faced the lawsuit after speaking out against a local teacher she thought was violating school sex offender policies.
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A controversial charter school in Inver Grove Heights accused of promoting religion with taxpayer money countersued the Minnesota chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union.
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