Learn what defamation means in U.S. law, how it works, and what you can do if someone spreads false claims that hurt your ...

So we need sober journalists to find the truth and tell it without having to use words the administration determines to be acceptable, and without facing the risk of expensive libel suits anytime ...

Sullivan, the landmark 1964 Supreme Court ruling that, in a watershed moment for freedom of speech and the press, nixed a segregationist campaign of weaponized libel suits. Southern ...