Read more libel stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/2706/libel.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 6:16:27 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74084/the-wasilla-whack-job-reads-my-blog.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBack in the day, public figures were cautioned not to pick fights with people who bought ink by the barrel—namely, newspaper publishers. In the age of the blogger, it's more important to guard against fueling your antagonists with the 21st-century version of ink: attention. Paging Sarah Palin: "The Wasilla...http://www.newser.com/story/74084/the-wasilla-whack-job-reads-my-blog.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 15 Nov 2009 16:14:19 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71942/sharpton-threatens-to-sue-limbaugh.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThis could get loud, or at least long-winded: Al Sharpton is threatening to sue Rush Limbaugh over his op-ed in the Wall Street Journal today. In the essay, Limbaugh lashes out at critics who foiled his NFL bid, and he accuses Sharpton of playing a "leading role in the 1991...http://www.newser.com/story/71942/sharpton-threatens-to-sue-limbaugh.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 17 Oct 2009 14:59:12 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68030/berlusconi-slaps-european-papers-with-libel-suits.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSilvio Berlusconi is suing Italian and foreign media outlets for libel regarding his personal life, Reuters reports. “We have instructed our colleagues to evaluate, according to the laws in their countries, the most serious cases of real, true defamation,” said the Italian PM's lawyer. Berlusconi’s legal team has already filed...http://www.newser.com/story/68030/berlusconi-slaps-european-papers-with-libel-suits.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 28 Aug 2009 10:27:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65500/landlord-sues-tenant-over-derogatory-tweet.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTwitter enthusiasts may want to watch what they write—a Chicago landlord has sued a tenant for libel after she posted a Tweet complaining about her apartment, the Tribune reports. “Who said sleeping in a moldy apartment was bad for you? Horizon realty thinks it’s okay,” Amanda Bonnen posted in...http://www.newser.com/story/65500/landlord-sues-tenant-over-derogatory-tweet.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 28 Jul 2009 15:00:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64567/judge-quashes-trumps-suit-against-author.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDonald Trump will have to live with being regarded as somewhat less astronomically wealthy, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports, after a judge today dismissed his defamation suit against Timothy O’Brien, author of TrumpNation . O’Brien estimated that Trump is worth $150-$250 million; Trump says he’s worth billions, and claimed that the under-assessment...http://www.newser.com/story/64567/judge-quashes-trumps-suit-against-author.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 16 Jul 2009 14:48:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58461/winslet-sues-tabloid-for-libel.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSteaming over an article that called her "the world's most irritating actress," Kate Winslet has sued a British tabloid for libel, the BBC reports. The Oscar winner was "distressed and embarrassed" by the Daily Mail 's coverage of an interview in which she discussed her fitness regimen with Elle magazine,...http://www.newser.com/story/58461/winslet-sues-tabloid-for-libel.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 08 May 2009 15:04:21 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54673/loves-furious-tweets-not-lost-in-lawsuit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTwitter, the microblogging site that even counts President Obama as a member, has reached yet another milestone: it’s first libel suit, the Independent reports. Courtney Love’s former fashion designer claims the wild rocker left angry “tweets” about her, calling her a “nasty, lying, hosebag thief” with “a history of dealing...http://www.newser.com/story/54673/loves-furious-tweets-not-lost-in-lawsuit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 29 Mar 2009 13:49:19 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/51347/lobbyist-linked-to-mccain-ends-times-suit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagVicki Iseman, the lobbyist whose relationship with John McCain was the subject of an explosive New York Times article during the 2008 campaign, has settled her lawsuit against the paper. Iseman will receive no payment, and the Times has not retracted the article, which seemed to imply that she and...http://www.newser.com/story/51347/lobbyist-linked-to-mccain-ends-times-suit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 20 Feb 2009 7:07:43 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/49801/ex-manager-sues-britney.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA former associate is suing Britney Spears and her family for libel and defamation, TMZ reports. Sam Lutfi claims matriarch Lynne Spears’ tell-all book Through the Storm contains numerous false claims about him, part of a “campaign of lies and intimidation" to destroy his reputation and "drive him out of...http://www.newser.com/story/49801/ex-manager-sues-britney.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 03 Feb 2009 16:20:42 CST