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... relief of a 1996 conviction, a suit for libel and slander, another suit ``related to the Medicall Board and * * * malpractice insurance lawyers,'' and a bankruptcy proceeding. Id. at 3-4. The AL...
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Although the Shoreline Towers board had announced a rule revision Sept. 12 which would allow the display of religious symbols, the condo owners and their lawyers who were seeking a temporary restraining order immediately described the action as "unacceptable" (Jewish Star, Sept. 16).
They particularly objected to the requirement that condo owners must apply for permission to affix a mezuzah (or other religious item), that they sign a statement that "the religious symbol reflects his sincerely held belief", and that the resident's application had to be approved by the condo Board and "may be reviewed by written request made to the Board".
An outstanding issue in the complaint of the [Bloch] family and another Shoreline resident unit owner concerns a count of defamation in the form of lib...
... a count of defamation in the form of libel and slander against Dr. Edward J. Frischholz, pres...
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Introduction II. Comparison Among Civil Law Systems III. Comparison Among Common Law And Civil Law Systems A. Starting Points 1. Civil Law 2. Common Law B. A Possible Ending Point IV. Comparing American And Foreign Law
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...-fronter." Petitioner brought this diversity libel action against respondent. After the jury returned... Gertz had been an officer of the National Lawyers Guild, described as a Communist organization that ... rule of strict liability for libel and slander. And it exacts a correspondingly high price from t...
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The BDN's recent series of stories on guns in Maine revealed, among other things, the chasm that lies between those who want to regulate gun ownership and use and those who believe gun ownership is as sacrosanct as the secret ballot and free speech. It's unlikely the gap will be bridged in the near future, but both camps would do well to work at understanding that their extreme positions may undermine their goals.
For the first 100 years of the nation's history, the Constitution's Second Amendment was generally understood as supporting the rights of states to keep militias. In 2008, a United States Supreme Court ruling said - for the first time - that the Second Amendment guaranteed the right to individual gun ownership. Although that precedent-setting ruling changed the gun control lan...
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... could obtain from a publisher for a libel that involved a matter of public concern. More spe..., while the power of the State to license lawyers, psychiatrists, and public school teachers - all o...166. Similar rules applied to slanderous statements that were actionable per se.1 . Page 47...
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... against Dunlop, asserting claims for slander of title, defamation, civil extortion, abuse of pr... standard applies to claims involving libel against public figures, i.e., "those who thrust th..., and Brion Morrisette, one of the Trust's lawyers, that Dunlop demanded millions of dollars from th...
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... issues such as right of publicity, privacy, libel and slander and obscenity, the lawyers at Steinhar...