Attacked by two justices, lower-court judges and litigants, the 1964 ruling in New York Times v. Sullivan keeps getting cited ...

After New York state’s highest court declined to hear an appeal of a suit sparked by an article on the downfall of the CEO of ...

City leaders in Clarksdale, Mississippi, say they are going to file a lawsuit against a local newspaper for libel.

As Rep. Nancy Mace prepared to speak, she took out a Bible and — as if she were in a courtroom, instead of on the House floor ...

First Amendment experts say Mr. Trump’s lawsuits, based on an unproven legal theory, lack merit. But more could be on the way ...

President Trump has won some victories about whether the 60-year-old precedent protecting sharp-elbowed journalism could be ...

Casino mogul Steve Wynn has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear an appeal that, if granted, could give the justices a chance ...

State Superintendent Ryan Walters has asked for summary judgment in a defamation lawsuit filed against Walters by a former ...

The allegations against Greig Nori have not been tested in court, and statements of defence have not been filed in either ...

The judge presiding over the legal feud between “It Ends With Us” co-stars Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni held off on ...

First Amendment advocates warn that eliminating such protections for the press could turn libel lawsuits into weapons of political suppression.

CNN also remains in the crosshairs of Trump and the political right, who have made the network the poster child for their ...