No Need for Expert Evidence as to Media Defendant Negligence in Resisting Anti-SLAPP Motion, at least when the dispute is over a simple identification error./ Reason · Jan 5
Anti-Stalking Injunction Requires More Than Just a Showing of "Being Weirded Out or Uncomfortable" "[Appellants'] homemade signs talked about May being mental health awareness month, one referenced the movie One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and included a photograph of actor Jack Nicholson, one mentioned perimenopause and empty nest syndrome, one said '[h]ere comes da judge' around the time that Appellee had a divorce… Reason · Dec 4, 2025
Court Vacates "Stalking … Protective Order" Entered Against Critic of Elected Official The official argued, among other things, that defendant's speech constituted "words of incitement" intended "to rile up the Black community to attack [her]." Reason · Jul 5, 2024
Court Upholds Denial of Pseudonymity to Plaintiff in #TheyLied Libel Suit Stemming from Title IX Complaint "Appellant wants the option to hide behind a shield of anonymity in the event he is unsuccessful in proving his claim, but he would surely identify himself if he were to prove his claims." Reason · Oct 27, 2023
When State Court Rules Limiting Sealing Aren't Quite Followed …. From Livesay Law Office v. Ricartea, decided Thursday by the Texas Court of Appeals (Corpus Christi-Edinburg), in an opinion by Chief Justice Dori Contreras, joined by Justices Gina Benavides and Nora Longoria, reversing an order by Judge Fernando Mancias: The underlying case is a divorce proceeding in which appellant …… Reason · Aug 26, 2023
Tennessee Court Expresses Doubt About Whether Anti-Libel Injunctions Are Allowed Under Tennessee Law The underlying lawsuit was brought by Mickell Lowery, a Commissioner for Shelby County, (which contains Memphis)—and son of longtime Memphis City Councilman Myron Lowery, who had also briefly served as Mayor—over allegedly libelous statements during his election campaign. Reason · May 26, 2022
Accepting Sub Teacher Job at School Where Your Ex Teaches Isn't "Stalking" From yesterday's Florida Court of Appeal decision in Ahern v. Leon, in an opinion by Judge Alan Forst, joined by Judges Melanie May and Jonathan Gerber; seems quite correct to me: Appellant and Appellee briefly dated in mid-2016 and again from March through July 2017. In October 2017, Appellee informed… Reason · Jan 20, 2022