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U.S. COURT OF APPEALS UPHOLDS LIBEL CLAIM BY STRIKING TRUTH OF STATEMENT DEFENSE IN LIBEL CASE

By Stan

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  On Feb. 13th,  the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the First Circuit upheld a Massachusetts law passed in 1902, which allows a defamation claim for a true statement made against a private individual if made with ?actual malice?.   This ruling is a dramatic departure from modern defamation law which has long held that ?truth is [...]

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