Politically active citizens and media occasionally find out the hard way that freedom to speak can be quite expensive, when they are sued for speaking out about controversial political issues. A defamation lawsuit is nothing to sneeze at, even if the speaker expects to win because they do not believe...
Million-Dollar Verdict For Plaintiff Experiencing $1 In Damages: The Michael Mann Defamation Suit
Michael Mann is a professor of climate science at the University of Pennsylvania. He rose to notoriety for a graph he published in 1998 in the journal Nature, meant to illustrate the dramatic warming of the planet. The curve in the graph resembled a hockey stick and, as such, was...
So You’ve Been Sued. Now What?
Being served with a lawsuit is a disorienting experience, one that tends to raise the same basic questions regardless of who has been sued: What am I accused of? How much will this cost? Can I sue this plaintiff back?