Media & Entertainment Law

Oprah Settles Defamation Lawsuit
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, OprahTMZ.com: Oprah Winfrey has settled a defamation lawsuit with the former head mistress of her school for girls, according to Oprah's lawyers.Nomvuyo Mzamane had claimed Oprah made defamatory comments about her after the 2007 sex abuse scandal at the Oprah ...

Oprah To Stand Trial For Defamation in Philadelphia
Oprah Winfrey appears set for another defamation trial — this time in Philadelphia where she has been sued by Lerato Nomvuyo Mzamane, former headmistress of the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa...

Hip Hop vs. America: Oprah Winfrey, Money, Power, Respect
www.BoyceWatkins.com Some people think I hate Oprah Winfrey. I don?t. Actually, I love Oprah. Not the way my grandmother loves her, for that would be technically defined as cult worship...

Oprah settles defamation case on eve of trial
By Matthew Belloni Well, that was quick. Just days after a judge ruled that a defamation case against Oprah Winfrey can go to trial, the chat queen has settled the matter. Terms weren't disclosed, but the plaintiff had a nice...

Oprah Winfrey, Barack Obama and Bob Johnson: Making Financial Lemonade with Few Demographic Lemons
www.BoyceWatkins.com Oprah Winfrey?s support for Senator Barack Obama, while certainly admirable, has cost her some support among fans. According to a recent poll, Winfrey?s approval rating was 74% before the election, dropping to 61% after turning her support toward Obama...

Oprah Stole My Poetry, Man Claims In $1 Trillion Lawsuit
In July, Damon Goffe sued Oprah Winfrey in federal court, alleging that Winfrey had infringed his copyright in a series of poems. Goffe demanded 1.2 trillion dollars ($1,200,000,000,000) in damages for what were, presumably, the greatest poems in the universe,...

Mesothelioma Law Suit
Asbestos Exposure

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.

Allstate Settles Bad-Faith Insurance Suit for $4 Million
Allstate Settles Bad-Faith Insurance Suit for $4 Million

Malpractice Suit
Settles for $11.4 Million

Qualcomm Settles Patent Suit for $891 Million