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N.KY: "Bengals cheerleader wins $11 million judgment in libel suit"
From the Courier Journal: Bengals cheerleader wins $11 million judgment in libel suit COVINGTON, Ky. ? A gossip website has been slapped with an $11 million judgment for libel and defamation after posting false accusations about a Northern Kentucky teacher who moonlights as a Cincinnati Bengals cheerleader.

"A Rose by Any Other Name..."
As of August 6, 2008 Bentzen Funding Solutions no longer refers to its gossip as "gossip". "After all, I have been told by many that it is my gossip column that you enjoy most! My gossip postings are short and...

Defamation nation
We know a little about defamation law, but Adrianos Facchetti appears to be the go-to man in the blogosphere, so from now on, ask him!  He writes the California Defamation Law Blog, which does not appear to be limited, topically, to California law, and which includes pages called Defamation Basics and Blog Protection 101...

Judge Grants Do-Over In DMX Defamation Case
Judge Thomas Smith has vacated a million and a half dollar defamation judgment against rapper DMX (Earl Simmons) because he was not properly served. The judge was persuaded that Mr...

Blawg of the Day -- California Defamation Law Blog
The Law Office of Adrianos Facchetti publishes the California Defamation Law Blog -- he's an Internet defamation attorney, so he devotes a good deal of his content to that area of the subject...

Bentzen Funding Blog No "Servicing" Comments BUT One "Juicy" Gossip Entry
August Fools! Barely filling the gossip void from May, Rhonda Bentzen informs us that North Carolina's Tacker Le Carpentier has switched structured settlement brokerages. Now if Bentzen could just contribute to the settlement industry with a modicum more than gossip...

Anna Nicole Smith's Legal Troubles
Court cases and legal issues related to Anna Nicole Smith

Tanning Salon Defamation
WDIO-TV pays undisclosed settlement after reporting false information about a business owner.

False Abuse Accusations
Boothbay Harbor Central School District pays shop teacher $320,000 defamation settlement.

Ojani Noa
$545,000 settlement JLo defamation lawsuit.

Couple Awarded Nearly One Million Dollars in Lawsuit
Condo Lawsuit Gets $1 Million Award

$33 Million Awarded to Boy Injured by Drunken Driver
Drunk Driver To Pay $33 Million to Injured Friend

Reports of Child Deaths Prompt Recalls of Two Million Graco Strollers
Two Million Graco Strollers Recalled Four Strangulation Deaths Reported