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SAN FRANCISCO -- A state appeals court on Wednesday dismissed an Oakland bank's libel lawsuit against a former executive who posted derogatory comments about the bank online in the "Rants and Raves" section of Craigslist.

The Philippines should pass a law that will define libel on the Internet, a militant lawyer said. Lawyer Carlos Isagani Zarate, secretary general of the Union of People’s Lawyers in Mindanao, said this is important because there has yet been no recourse for someone who is maligned using the Internet. “The immediate course is for Congress to pass a law to address this kind of issue,” said Zarate ...

The Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi has said she will sue for libel over allegations linking her to one of China's most powerful politicians.

The ruling came in the case of an Atlantic County, NJ man who's been fighting sexual abuse charges by his nephew for more than a decade.

The House of Representatives has voted to pass on third and final reading a bill seeking to define and penalize cybercrime offenses committed in the country, including a controversial provision that criminalizes online defamation.

Defamation / Libel

MAY 10 — Investigative journalist R. Nadeswaran (Citizen Nades of the Sun) was turned away by the Appeal Court this week in his attempt to make his defence against a libel case. He was alleged to have made a defamatory and racial remark on Twitter, the text message broadcasting system of the Internet, about a businessman, Datuk Mohamad Salim Fateh ...

The government will introduce a law “to protect freedom of speech and reform the law of defamation” The libel reform campaign, nearly 100 organisations and our 60,000 supporters including leading names from science, the arts and public life have been calling for legislation to reform the libel laws since December 2009. Congratulations to all on [...]

Investigative journalist R Nadeswaran (Citizen Nades of the Sun) was turned away by the Appeal Court this week in his attempt to make his defence against a libel case. He was alleged to have made a defamatory and racial remark on Twitter, the text message broadcasting system of the Internet, about a businessman, Datuk Mohamad Salim Fateh Din. The crux of the case is that Nadeswaran was judged to ...

The Libel Reform Campaign announced a "victory" today as the Queen's Speech confirmed legislation will be introduced in the next 12 months to reform defamation law