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2024-11-22: Updated: 2024-11-22 16:29:03 Falsity Is Assumed at the Motion to Dismiss Stage

by Lee E. Berlik

2024-10-11: Updated: 2024-10-11 14:49:37 Design Distortion Is Not the Same as Design Theft

by Lee E. Berlik

2024-08-04: Updated: 2024-08-04 11:25:46 Public Concern vs. Private Concern

by Lee E. Berlik

2024-07-17: Updated: 2024-07-17 16:56:42 The Ecclesiastical Abstention Doctrine

by Lee E. Berlik

2024-06-12: Updated: 2024-06-12 15:26:50 Continuous Tort Theory Inapplicable to Defamation Claims

by Lee E. Berlik

2024-05-09: Updated: 2024-05-09 13:45:54 Fees May Be Awarded Under Anti-SLAPP Even if Case Dismissed on Other Grounds

by Lee E. Berlik

2024-04-25: Updated: 2024-04-25 16:16:36 Not Sure Whether a Particular Word is Defamatory? Check the Dictionary.

by Lee E. Berlik

2024-03-23: Updated: 2024-03-23 12:34:44 Former Police Chief’s Defamation Claim Reinstated Against Portsmouth Pastor

by Lee E. Berlik

2024-03-04: Updated: 2024-03-04 16:17:22 Falsely Accused of Being “Under Investigation”

by Lee E. Berlik

2024-02-14: Updated: 2024-02-14 10:19:42 Meaning of the Phrase “That Would be Protected Under the First Amendment” in Virginia’s Anti-SLAPP Statute

by Guest Blogger

2024-01-19: Updated: 2024-01-19 17:06:24 Allegations of Malice Must Be Plausible

by Lee E. Berlik

2024-01-10: Updated: 2024-01-10 18:05:07 Context Helps Separate Fact From Opinion

by Lee E. Berlik

2023-12-14: Updated: 2023-12-14 15:19:40 Are False Imputations of Homosexuality Actionable?

by Lee E. Berlik

2023-09-02: Updated: 2023-10-06 13:55:22 Courts Won’t Resolve Scientific Controversies

by Lee E. Berlik

2023-06-26: Updated: 2024-08-04 11:34:00 The 2023 Amendments to Virginia’s Anti-SLAPP Statute

by Lee E. Berlik

2023-06-19: Updated: 2023-06-19 14:38:57 Accusations of Giving Preferential Treatment to Favored Vendors

by Lee E. Berlik

2023-05-26: Updated: 2024-01-28 14:51:02 Fees Awarded Under Virginia’s Anti-SLAPP Statute By Federal Court

by Lee E. Berlik

2023-05-09: Updated: 2023-05-09 10:46:45 Sanctions Mandatory if Defamatory Sting Obviously Lacking

by Lee E. Berlik

2023-04-07: Updated: 2023-04-07 14:23:57 The Big Issue in Dominion v. Fox Has Already Been Decided

by Lee E. Berlik

2023-02-16: Updated: 2023-02-16 13:28:38 False Accusations of Violating HOA Covenants: Not Defamatory

by Lee E. Berlik

2023-01-30: Updated: 2023-01-30 17:26:06 Qualified Privilege Insufficient Basis for Pretrial Dismissal

by Lee E. Berlik

2022-12-31: Updated: 2022-12-31 17:51:55 Differences Between Virginia and D.C. Defamation Law

by Lee E. Berlik

2022-11-12: Updated: 2022-11-12 11:48:43 If Truth is Apparent From the Pleadings, Case May Be Dismissed

by Lee E. Berlik

2022-09-01: Updated: 2022-09-01 12:31:58 Trying to Get Someone Fired Is Risky Business

by Lee E. Berlik

2022-07-27: Updated: 2022-07-27 18:35:21 Defamation Claim Against Shenandoah University Goes Forward

by Lee E. Berlik

2022-05-06: Updated: 2022-12-31 17:57:04 Johnny Depp and Amber Heard Should Both Lose

by Lee E. Berlik

2022-02-23: Updated: 2022-02-23 14:02:47 Section 230 May Apply Where Claim Based on the Publication of Speech, Whatever the Theory of Liability

by Lee E. Berlik

2021-10-31: Updated: 2021-10-31 12:47:14 Discovery Requests Must Be Reasonable

by Lee E. Berlik

2021-09-20: Updated: 2021-09-20 19:20:58 Why Nona Gaprindashvili Is Suing Netflix for False Light

by Lee E. Berlik

2021-09-15: Updated: 2021-09-15 15:48:52 Misrepresentation of the Reasons for Termination of Employment

by Lee E. Berlik

2021-07-28: Updated: 2021-07-28 15:58:00 Ferrum College Found Not Liable for Implied Defamation

by Lee E. Berlik

2021-06-23: Updated: 2021-06-23 18:49:45 Former City Attorney Found to Retain Public Figure Status

by Lee E. Berlik

2021-04-09: Updated: 2024-08-04 09:39:15 Absolute Privilege Completely Immunizes Certain Statements Against Defamation Claims

by Lee E. Berlik

2021-03-07: Updated: 2021-03-07 11:59:21 Implied Undisclosed Facts as Basis for Defamation Claim

by Lee E. Berlik

2021-01-25: Updated: 2021-01-25 13:08:17 How to Prove Actual Malice

by Lee E. Berlik

2020-12-09: Updated: 2020-12-09 14:52:19 If the Lie Is Not Important, It’s Not Defamatory

by Lee E. Berlik

2020-10-21: Updated: 2020-10-21 15:11:16 Prior Restraints of Defamatory Speech

by Lee E. Berlik

2020-09-19: Updated: 2023-05-26 10:59:46 Personal Jurisdiction in Defamation Cases

by Lee E. Berlik

2020-08-29: Updated: 2020-08-29 11:25:40 Virginia’s Fair-Report Privilege

by Lee E. Berlik

2020-07-19: Updated: 2020-07-19 14:01:27 You Are Entitled to Your Opinions

by Lee E. Berlik

2020-06-20: Updated: 2024-09-18 12:17:11 The Defamation Per Se Categories Are Irrelevant to Non-Defamatory Statements

by Lee E. Berlik

2020-05-15: Updated: 2021-04-09 16:40:57 Quasi-Judicial Immunity Protects Prosecutors Only When Performing Judicial Functions

by Lee E. Berlik

2020-04-07: Updated: 2020-04-07 13:29:02 Virginia Judge Finds Amber Heard Republished 2016 Accusations with 2018 Op-Ed

by Lee E. Berlik

2020-03-29: Updated: 2021-12-29 15:47:17 How Republication Doctrine Affects Single-Publication Rule

by Lee E. Berlik

2020-02-29: Updated: 2020-02-29 13:42:58 Must Overcome Qualified Privilege When Suing Your Employer for Defamation

by Lee E. Berlik

2020-01-23: Updated: 2020-01-23 14:20:17 Political Commentary Protected By First Amendment

by Lee E. Berlik

2019-12-05: Updated: 2019-12-05 18:14:19 Wink Wink! Nudge Nudge! Say No More.

by Lee E. Berlik

2019-11-09: Updated: 2019-11-09 14:18:27 The Small-Group Exception to the “Of and Concerning” Test

by Lee E. Berlik

2019-09-25: Updated: 2019-09-25 17:56:50 Seek Remittitur if Jury’s Award Is Grossly Excessive

by Lee E. Berlik

2019-08-22: Updated: 2019-08-22 11:14:35 Juries Cannot Base Defamation Verdicts on Statements of Opinion

by Lee E. Berlik

2019-08-20: Updated: 2021-04-09 16:34:49 Does Absolute Judicial Privilege Apply to Employer Investigations?

by Lee E. Berlik

2019-08-13: Updated: 2019-08-13 15:46:14 Statement Implying Lack of Honesty May Be Defamatory Per Se

by Lee E. Berlik

2019-07-20: Updated: 2022-12-31 17:55:17 Trial Courts Must Screen Out Defective Defamation Cases

by Lee E. Berlik

2019-05-27: Updated: 2019-05-27 15:39:22 Even Vague Suggestion of Criminal Conduct May Be Defamatory Per Se

by Lee E. Berlik

2019-05-17: Updated: 2022-01-29 16:19:47 Defamation By Implication Is an Intentional Tort

by Lee E. Berlik

2019-04-16: Updated: 2021-12-11 14:57:12 Courts Aren’t So Sure Virginia Has an Anti-SLAPP Statute

by Lee E. Berlik

2019-03-14: Updated: 2019-03-14 17:18:10 Insulting-Words Statute Satisfied if Words Defamatory Per Se

by Lee E. Berlik

2019-02-22: Updated: 2019-05-17 12:13:58 Limitations on Jury Awards in Defamation Per Se Cases

by Lee E. Berlik

2019-02-01: Updated: 2024-10-10 09:17:47 Defamation Per Se in Virginia

by Lee E. Berlik

2019-01-30: Updated: 2023-10-05 10:32:22 Rhetorical Hyperbole Is Not Defamation

by Lee E. Berlik

2019-01-21: Updated: 2024-06-12 15:28:41 Effect of Foreseeable Republication on Liability of Original Defamer

by Lee E. Berlik

2019-01-05: Updated: 2019-01-05 15:39:17 To Determine Whether an Insult Is Defamatory, Ask the Human Race

by Lee E. Berlik

2018-11-26: Updated: 2023-12-14 15:22:11 Republication By Spreading Rumors or Reporting What Others Have Said

by Lee E. Berlik

2018-10-22: Updated: 2018-10-21 10:22:32 Whether to Treat Government Employee as “Public Official” May Depend More on Job Description Than Actual Job Performance

by Lee E. Berlik

2018-09-14: Updated: 2021-07-12 16:47:53 Merchant Immunity: the Shopkeeper’s Privilege

by Lee E. Berlik

2018-08-08: Updated: 2018-08-08 18:11:13 Conspiracy Theorists: Defamatory Meaning Depends on Who’s Talking

by Lee E. Berlik

2018-07-23: Updated: 2018-07-22 12:09:31 Defamation Through An Agent

by Lee E. Berlik

2018-06-16: Updated: 2019-09-16 16:07:48 No Vicarious Liability Unless Statement Made Within Scope of Employment

by Lee E. Berlik

2018-05-06: Updated: 2020-02-06 13:01:24 Does Virginia’s Anti-SLAPP Statute Apply Retroactively?

by Lee E. Berlik

2018-04-18: Updated: 2019-09-24 14:15:19 What’s An Opinion?

by Lee E. Berlik

2018-01-22: Updated: 2019-05-17 12:12:10 Defining the Relevant Community When Examining Defamatory Meaning

by Lee E. Berlik

2018-01-04: Updated: 2018-10-14 12:51:04 Where Qualified Privilege Applies, Defamation Case May Never Reach a Jury

by Lee E. Berlik

2017-11-29: Updated: 2024-10-11 14:50:56 Press Release Held Defamatory By Implication

by Lee E. Berlik

2017-11-11: Updated: 2024-03-04 16:22:36 Does Virginia’s Anti-SLAPP Statute Apply to Consumer Reviews?

by Lee E. Berlik

2017-10-13: Updated: 2017-10-13 12:52:03 Separating Fact From Opinion Is Not Always Easy

by Lee E. Berlik

2017-09-17: Updated: 2021-04-09 16:35:35 Police Reports: Qualified Privilege or Absolute Immunity?

by Lee E. Berlik

2017-07-23: Updated: 2020-09-21 09:24:19 In Cases of Internet Defamation, Where Can You Sue?

by Lee E. Berlik

2017-06-03: Updated: 2022-12-31 17:54:15 The Substantial Truth Doctrine Saves Katie Couric–For Now

by Lee E. Berlik

2017-05-25: Updated: 2017-05-25 15:12:11 Can Small Business Owners Sue When Their Companies Are Defamed?

by Lee E. Berlik

2017-05-01: Updated: 2017-04-29 13:18:45 Not Everybody Reads That Story the Way You Do

by Lee E. Berlik

2017-04-23: Updated: 2017-09-08 14:49:01 Felon’s Defamation-By-Implication Claim Proceeds to Trial

by Lee E. Berlik

2017-03-16: Updated: 2024-09-18 11:13:51 No Discovery Rule for Defamation Claims in Virginia

by Lee E. Berlik

2017-03-06: Updated: 2022-06-21 17:41:10 Don’t Overlook Defamation Per Quod

by Lee E. Berlik

2017-01-23: Updated: 2020-06-13 12:12:21 Virginia’s Self-Defense Privilege

by Lee E. Berlik

2016-11-17: Updated: 2017-11-17 12:09:37 What Is Defamatory Meaning?

by Lee E. Berlik

2016-10-28: Updated: 2019-05-17 12:09:44 Former Boss Fired You But Tells People You Quit: Not Defamatory

by Lee E. Berlik

2016-09-30: Updated: 2018-11-26 17:33:02 Limited Purpose Public Figures Must Prove Malice

by Lee E. Berlik

2016-09-14: Updated: 2022-12-31 17:54:17 Defamation By Video Manipulation: the Couric Case

by Lee E. Berlik

2016-09-13: Updated: 2024-03-04 16:21:38 Rolling Stone Article Sufficiently “Of and Concerning” Phi Kappa Psi to Survive Dismissal

by Lee E. Berlik

2016-07-26: Updated: 2019-01-05 15:42:29 No Personal Jurisdiction in Virginia Without Purposeful Targeting of Virginia Readers

by Lee E. Berlik

2016-07-19: Updated: 2022-12-31 17:53:50 Use of Virginia Computer Network Won’t Necessarily Confer Jurisdiction Over Nonresident

by Lee E. Berlik

2016-07-08: Updated: 2023-06-26 12:43:26 How to Write a Scathing Online Review Without Getting Sued

by Lee E. Berlik

2016-05-29: Updated: 2023-12-14 15:21:43 Public Official Suing Local Paper Will Need to Prove Malice

by Lee E. Berlik

2016-05-16: Updated: 2016-05-16 08:57:23 If Substantial Danger to Reputation Not Apparent, Plaintiff’s Burden Is Higher

by Lee E. Berlik

2016-04-25: Updated: 2022-03-31 16:53:42 Minor Factual Discrepancies Won’t Support Defamation Action

by Lee E. Berlik

2016-04-10: Updated: 2016-10-24 12:52:52 Opinions Laden with Factual Content Are Actionable

by Lee E. Berlik

2016-02-27: Updated: 2016-11-18 09:59:52 The Overlooked Bill of Particulars

by Lee E. Berlik

2016-01-23: Updated: 2022-06-21 17:39:20 False Information in Credit Report May Not Support Defamation Action

by Lee E. Berlik

2016-01-17: Updated: 2022-11-12 11:50:26 Slander on the Sly: Intentionally Overheard Accusations

by Lee E. Berlik

2015-12-10: Updated: 2016-01-08 20:26:30 Internet Listicles Are Probably Opinion

by Lee E. Berlik

2015-12-07: Updated: 2021-02-02 18:30:46 In Federal Court, Unnecessary to Plead Exact Words

by Lee E. Berlik

2015-10-16: Updated: 2015-10-16 15:48:50 Face-To-Face Confrontation Not Required to Satisfy Insulting Words Statute

by Lee E. Berlik

2015-10-15: Updated: 2017-11-17 12:03:01 Doctor’s Defamation Claim Against CVS Goes Forward

by Lee E. Berlik

2015-09-28: Updated: 2017-11-17 12:00:45 Invasion of Privacy in Virginia

by Lee E. Berlik

2015-09-04: Updated: 2016-10-07 15:19:51 Distinguishing Public Officials from Public Figures

by Lee E. Berlik

2015-07-18: Updated: 2023-12-14 15:21:28 Must Context Be Apparent from the Face of the Complaint?

by Lee E. Berlik

2015-06-27: Updated: 2019-05-17 12:06:07 The Virginia Model Jury Instructions for Defamation Lead to Bad Verdicts

by Lee E. Berlik

2015-06-06: Updated: 2019-07-09 17:54:23 The Elements of Defamation in Virginia

by Lee E. Berlik

2015-06-05: Updated: 2020-10-21 10:55:35 Just Because You Told The Truth Doesn’t Mean You Didn’t Slander Someone

by Lee E. Berlik

2015-05-26: Updated: 2024-01-19 17:06:49 Defamation Claim Against Maritime Lawyer Goes Forward

by Lee E. Berlik

2015-05-14: Updated: 2015-05-14 17:04:52 Can Government Employees Be Sued for Defamation?

by Lee E. Berlik

2015-04-27: Updated: 2015-04-27 16:00:50 D.C. Anti-SLAPP Statute Does Not Apply in Federal Court

by Lee E. Berlik

2015-04-13: Updated: 2024-08-04 11:27:20 A Brief History of Virginia’s Anti-SLAPP Statute

by Lee E. Berlik

2015-03-16: Updated: 2022-12-31 17:53:24 Make the Online Harassment Stop

by Lee E. Berlik

2015-02-02: Updated: 2015-02-02 06:51:32 Statements Truthful When Made Won’t Become Defamatory Later

by Lee E. Berlik

2015-01-19: Updated: 2017-11-29 16:02:05 The Statute of Limitations for Defamation Actions

by Lee E. Berlik

2014-12-13: Updated: 2023-12-14 15:20:32 Is it Slander to Call Someone a Liar?

by Lee E. Berlik

2014-11-24: Updated: 2017-11-17 11:56:04 Paul Brodeur’s Lawsuit Against Columbia Pictures

by Lee E. Berlik

2014-11-07: Updated: 2014-11-07 06:52:38 No Intra-Corporate Immunity Against Defamation Claims

by Lee E. Berlik

2014-10-22: Updated: 2020-10-21 10:55:15 The Benefits of Apologizing for Libel or Slander

by Lee E. Berlik

2014-09-15: Updated: 2021-10-06 13:14:03 Fresenius Medical Care Sued for Allegedly Defamatory Statements of Employee

by Lee E. Berlik

2014-08-29: Updated: 2019-05-17 12:03:29 One Yelp Review = One Publication

by Lee E. Berlik

2014-08-11: Updated: 2019-05-17 12:02:39 Familiar Rhetorical Devices May Not Carry Defamatory Meaning

by Lee E. Berlik

2014-07-29: Updated: 2021-12-11 14:56:24 Virginia Lawyer Says TV Report of Criminal Conviction Defamatory

by Lee E. Berlik

2014-07-14: Updated: 2014-07-14 06:07:00 Forced Apology and Admission of Inappropriate Conduct Held Not Defamatory

by Lee E. Berlik

2014-07-02: Updated: 2015-12-18 13:37:32 Anonymous Online Critic Will Remain Anonymous Absent Defamation

by Lee E. Berlik

2014-06-27: Updated: 2021-06-25 15:40:57 Defamatory and Scandalous Material as Grounds to Seal Record

by Lee E. Berlik

2014-05-17: Updated: 2016-10-31 09:25:40 To Sue or Not to Sue

by Lee E. Berlik

2014-05-13: Updated: 2014-05-13 06:45:22 Insurer’s Duty to Defend Held Triggered by Defamation Claim

by Lee E. Berlik

2014-04-21: Updated: 2014-04-21 12:33:23 Nude Model Not a Porn Star; Photo Altered to be Pornographic Defamatory Per Se

by Lee E. Berlik

2014-04-07: Updated: 2014-04-07 06:00:52 Ripoff Report Maintains Section 230 Immunity Despite Lawyer’s Novel Challenges

by Lee E. Berlik

2014-03-31: Updated: 2022-06-21 17:40:22 The Unintended Consequences of Filing a Lawsuit

by Lee E. Berlik

2014-02-17: Updated: 2021-06-25 15:39:44 Preliminary Injunctions Against Defamatory Speech Seldom Justified

by Lee E. Berlik

2014-02-10: Updated: 2021-09-11 12:32:30 Defamatory Sting

by Lee E. Berlik

2014-01-23: Updated: 2020-05-15 10:55:48 Absolute Judicial Privilege Extends Outside the Courtroom

by Lee E. Berlik

2014-01-20: Updated: 2021-06-25 15:40:36 How to Unmask Anonymous Yelp Reviewers Who Defame Your Business

by Lee E. Berlik

2014-01-10: Updated: 2022-08-21 09:56:58 Implication Not Defamatory if Not Reasonably Drawn

by Lee E. Berlik

2014-01-06: Updated: 2022-08-10 14:38:25 Defamed Business Entitled to Presumed Damages, But No Injunction

by Lee E. Berlik

2013-12-11: Updated: 2021-07-20 17:30:30 The Importance of Context

by Lee E. Berlik

2013-12-02: Updated: 2013-12-02 06:40:07 No Defamation Liability for Statements made to FBI During Background Check

by Lee E. Berlik

2013-11-25: Updated: 2016-11-18 10:10:47 Falsely Attributing Country of Origin Can Be Defamatory

by Lee E. Berlik

2013-11-04: Updated: 2020-12-04 14:39:58 Why Suing Your Critics Is Not Always a Good Customer-Relations Strategy

by Lee E. Berlik

2013-11-01: Updated: 2013-11-01 17:24:58 SCoVA Clarifies Law of Qualified Privilege

by Lee E. Berlik

2013-10-28: Updated: 2013-10-28 06:28:34 Mere Suspicion of Negative Job Reference Insufficient to Support Defamation Claim

by Lee E. Berlik

2013-10-21: Updated: 2015-12-30 16:11:14 Defamation Claim Dismissed for Failure to Plead Exact Words

by Lee E. Berlik

2013-10-10: Updated: 2024-07-17 16:57:55 The Walls of a Church Do Not Shield a Tortfeasor from Defamation Liability

by Lee E. Berlik

2013-10-07: Updated: 2022-11-12 11:49:34 Yasser Abbas’ Defamation Lawsuit Dismissed on Anti-SLAPP Grounds

by Lee E. Berlik

2013-09-30: Updated: 2021-06-17 12:02:13 The “Of and Concerning” Element of Defamatory Meaning

by Lee E. Berlik

2013-09-09: Updated: 2021-01-23 08:55:48 “Actual Malice” Is Not Actually Malice

by Lee E. Berlik

2013-08-26: Updated: 2020-02-14 14:08:47 Reliance on Responsible Source Negates Actual Malice

by Lee E. Berlik

2013-08-19: Updated: 2015-12-18 13:29:19 Anti-SLAPP Law Will Not Immunize Every Statement About a Celebrity

by Lee E. Berlik

2013-08-09: Updated: 2013-08-09 08:03:24 Erasure Statutes Do Not Erase History

by Lee E. Berlik

2013-07-29: Updated: 2023-09-02 12:00:14 Mann’s Defamation Suit Survives Anti-SLAPP Motion

by Lee E. Berlik

2013-07-15: Updated: 2015-12-18 13:28:19 VitaminSpice CEO Files Libel Claim Against DealFlow Media

by Lee E. Berlik

2013-06-24: Updated: 2013-06-24 06:04:55 Pilot’s Defamation Case Goes to Supreme Court

by Lee E. Berlik

2013-06-13: Updated: 2013-06-13 06:14:12 Not Every Website Is Entitled to Section 230 Immunity

by Lee E. Berlik

2013-06-10: Updated: 2015-12-18 13:27:02 Lost Profits Caused by Defamation Must Be Proven with Competent Evidence

by Lee E. Berlik

2013-06-03: Updated: 2016-11-18 10:15:12 This Is Why Exact Words Must Be Pleaded

by Lee E. Berlik

2013-05-16: Updated: 2021-06-25 15:39:44 Injunctive Relief Unavailable for False Light Claim, Says Pennsylvania Court

by Lee E. Berlik

2013-05-01: Updated: 2017-11-17 11:55:01 Google Loath to Remove Content Claimed to Be Defamatory

by Lee E. Berlik

2013-04-20: Updated: 2015-12-18 13:24:20 D.C. Defamation Case Filed Against Redskin Fred Davis

by Lee E. Berlik

2013-04-15: Updated: 2013-04-15 09:04:03 Overzealous Pleading Doesn’t Advance Your Cause

by Lee E. Berlik

2013-04-08: Updated: 2017-11-17 11:54:09 Federal Employees May Be Immune From Defamation Claims

by Lee E. Berlik

2013-04-02: Updated: 2015-10-26 20:09:41 Proving Malice in Defamation-By-Implication Cases

by Lee E. Berlik

2013-03-24: Updated: 2013-03-24 11:13:48 Unauthorized Product Placement: Defamation by Implication?

by Lee E. Berlik

2013-03-06: Updated: 2015-12-18 13:18:37 FTCA Bars Defamation Claims Against Federal Government

by Lee E. Berlik

2013-03-01: Updated: 2013-03-01 06:59:31 Fabricated Quotations Actionable if Harmful to Reputation

by Lee E. Berlik

2013-02-22: Updated: 2013-02-22 17:12:41 False Accusation of Sexual Aggressiveness Per Se Defamatory, Claims FBI Agent

by Lee E. Berlik

2013-02-10: Updated: 2021-07-12 15:47:56 Defamation of Character: Libel and Slander Law in Virginia

by Lee E. Berlik

2013-01-21: Updated: 2021-04-09 16:39:29 Are False Statements to the Police Immune from Defamation Claims?

by Lee E. Berlik

2013-01-09: Updated: 2015-10-26 17:31:47 Absence of Malice Presumed in Employment Context

by Lee E. Berlik

2013-01-07: Updated: 2023-06-26 12:42:38 Defamatory Yelp Review Damaging Your Business? Don’t Expect it to Come Down Any Time Soon.

by Lee E. Berlik

2012-12-21: Updated: 2015-10-26 17:19:20 Lawyer Claims Huffington Post Defamed Him By Attributing Controversial Article to Him

by Lee E. Berlik

2012-12-17: Updated: 2012-12-17 06:10:45 Internet Defamation Insufficient Basis for Personal Jurisdiction Against Colombia Company

by Lee E. Berlik

2012-12-10: Updated: 2022-06-21 17:39:19 Defamatory Statements to Credit Reporting Agencies Held Not Preempted by FCRA

by Lee E. Berlik

2012-12-05: Updated: 2019-07-20 13:27:57 How to Lose Your Defamation Case in Three Easy Steps

by Lee E. Berlik

2012-11-29: Updated: 2022-08-10 14:37:35 Statements Based on Undisputed Facts Cannot Be Made With Actual Malice

by Lee E. Berlik

2012-11-05: Updated: 2015-12-30 14:34:27 Government Defamation May Violate Civil Rights

by Lee E. Berlik

2012-11-02: Updated: 2017-11-17 11:51:37 D.C. Defamation Cases Continue to Meet Anti-SLAPP Statute

by Lee E. Berlik

2012-10-29: Updated: 2021-02-02 18:29:57 Summary Judgment Still Possible in Virginia State Court

by Lee E. Berlik

2012-10-28: Updated: 2012-10-28 09:09:45 Does D.C.’s Anti-SLAPP Statute Apply in Federal Court?

by Lee E. Berlik

2012-10-08: Updated: 2012-10-08 06:05:09 Defamation Case Against Eliot Spitzer and Slate Dismissed

by Lee E. Berlik

2012-09-19: Updated: 2015-10-26 17:14:10 Defamation Claims Require Proof of Fault

by Lee E. Berlik

2012-09-17: Updated: 2019-01-05 15:41:55 Punitive Damages in Libel Case Reduced by 75%

by Lee E. Berlik

2012-09-11: Updated: 2021-07-20 17:29:43 “Dirtiest Hotels” List is Rhetorical Hyperbole and Not Grounds for Defamation Action

by Lee E. Berlik

2012-09-07: Updated: 2015-10-26 17:25:39 Defamation in the Virginia Workplace

by Lee E. Berlik

2012-09-03: Updated: 2023-09-02 12:00:14 Fraud Accusations Prompt Michael Mann’s Lawyers to Threaten Litigation

by Lee E. Berlik

2012-08-31: Updated: 2020-12-04 14:39:05 Virginia’s Insulting-Words Statute

by Lee E. Berlik

2012-08-27: Updated: 2012-08-27 06:54:00 Section 230 Immunizes Users Who Link to Defamatory Statements of Others

by Lee E. Berlik

2012-08-23: Updated: 2012-08-23 19:37:57 Defamation By Implication Theory Prevents Dismissal of Art Analyst’s Case

by Lee E. Berlik

2012-08-13: Updated: 2012-08-13 11:38:11 Doctor’s Defamation Claim Reconsidered by Judge Roush

by Lee E. Berlik

2012-08-06: Updated: 2015-12-18 12:58:30 Target of Online Griping Files Defamation Action

by Lee E. Berlik

2012-07-30: Updated: 2021-04-09 16:33:58 Absolute Judicial Privilege Extends to Demand Letters Sent in Good Faith

by Lee E. Berlik

2012-07-22: Updated: 2023-04-21 12:51:10 No Defamation Claim for Medical Resident’s Poor Performance Evaluation

by Lee E. Berlik

2012-07-05: Updated: 2017-11-17 11:49:46 Court Excludes Unreliable Expert Testimony in Defamation Case

by Lee E. Berlik

2012-06-29: Updated: 2021-02-02 18:21:30 Breach of Non-Disparagement Agreement Leads to Defamation Claim

by Lee E. Berlik

2012-06-17: Updated: 2015-12-18 12:44:18 Lawyer Files Defamation Action Against Television Stations for Faulty Report

by Lee E. Berlik

2012-06-11: Updated: 2018-10-14 12:50:35 Virginia Law Firm’s Defamation Claim Dismissed As Opinion

by Lee E. Berlik

2012-06-04: Updated: 2015-12-18 12:37:55 Libel Case Filed by Laurie Fine Against ESPN

by Lee E. Berlik

2012-05-28: Updated: 2020-02-14 14:07:37 First Amendment Right to Anonymous Internet Speech Challenged by Florida Doctor

by Lee E. Berlik

2012-05-17: Updated: 2017-11-17 11:48:13 Defamation Claims Asserted by Church Against Former Members

by Lee E. Berlik

2012-05-12: Updated: 2017-11-17 11:47:46 D.C.’s Anti-SLAPP Act to Be Tested in Maddow Defamation Case

by Lee E. Berlik

2012-05-02: Updated: 2012-05-02 14:26:23 Public Figure Fails to Present Plausible Defamation Case

by Lee E. Berlik

2012-04-27: Updated: 2019-01-05 15:40:11 Defamed Lawyer and Wife Win $13.7 Million Against “Anonymous” Posters

by Lee E. Berlik

2012-04-23: Updated: 2012-04-23 06:31:07 Defamation Plaintiffs Must Plead Exact Words and Non-Privileged Publication

by Lee E. Berlik

2012-04-16: Updated: 2021-02-02 18:21:23 Middleburg Writer Dee Dee Hubbard Turns Tables On Accusers with Defamation Suit

by Lee E. Berlik

2012-04-14: Updated: 2019-05-17 11:59:34 Slander of Pilot by Airline Results in $1.4 Million in Damages

by Lee E. Berlik

2012-04-07: Updated: 2012-04-07 12:32:17 Defamation Case Against Barbara Walters Dismissed

by Lee E. Berlik

2012-03-30: Updated: 2015-12-18 12:28:07 Duck Creek Energy Says Fracking Accusations Defamatory

by Lee E. Berlik

2012-03-21: Updated: 2021-02-02 18:21:10 Defamation Per Se By Former Judge Yields $350,000 in Damages

by Lee E. Berlik

2012-03-14: Updated: 2015-10-26 15:33:56 Libel Per Se? Libel Per Quod? Neither, Says Virginia Court

by Lee E. Berlik

2012-02-27: Updated: 2015-10-26 13:50:43 Lawyer’s Tortious Interference Claim Against Former Lovers Dismissed

by Lee E. Berlik

2012-02-13: Updated: 2021-07-28 13:51:52 Defamation by Implication in Virginia

by Lee E. Berlik

2012-02-06: Updated: 2018-05-28 15:28:21 Jeremy Mayfield’s Defamation Claims Against NASCAR Heard on Appeal

by Lee E. Berlik

2011-06-10: Updated: 2021-02-02 18:20:49 Virginia Defamation Lawyer’s Arguments Rejected in Warren County

by Lee E. Berlik

2011-05-25: Updated: 2021-04-09 16:36:52 In Lawyer’s Defamation Action, Draft Complaint Afforded Absolute Privilege

by Lee E. Berlik

2011-04-21: Updated: 2018-10-14 12:49:44 Lawyer Review Leads to Defamation Lawsuit

by Lee E. Berlik

2011-02-19: Updated: 2021-05-24 12:14:48 Prominent Defamation Lawyers Pursue Sherrod’s Libel Case Against Breitbart

by Lee E. Berlik

2011-02-04: Updated: 2015-10-26 14:17:42 Defamation Lawsuit Exposes Redskins Owner to Ridicule

by Lee E. Berlik

2011-02-02: Updated: 2021-04-09 16:41:48 Virginia Supreme Court Declines to Set Aside Defamation Verdict Against County Administrator

by Lee E. Berlik

2010-11-15: Updated: 2021-04-09 16:37:41 Defamation Claim Against Virginia Lawyer Goes Forward

by Lee E. Berlik

2009-09-17: Updated: 2015-10-26 14:27:56 Pleading Defamation by an Employer in Virginia Isn’t Easy

by Lee E. Berlik

2009-09-02: Updated: 2021-02-02 18:21:03 Defamatory Forum Posts Held No Basis for Host Liability

by Lee E. Berlik

2009-05-23: Updated: 2020-03-29 13:27:49 Virginia Employers Not Liable for Defamation on “Self-Publication” Theory

by Lee E. Berlik

2009-04-22: Updated: 2017-11-17 11:44:51 Culpeper Cops Discover Sexting, Get Sued

by Lee E. Berlik