Today, Craig is going to finish up our discussion of the First Amendment with freedom of the press. Like an individual's right to free speech, the press has a right, and arguably responsibility, to tell the public what the government is...

Samantha Barbas, a professor of law at the University of Iowa, discusses her book Actual Malice: Civil Rights and Freedom of the Press in New York Times v. Sullivan. The book explores the landmark 1964 Supreme Court case, which arose...

A cease and desist letter is a document sent to an individual or business to stop alleged illegal activity. The phrase "cease and desist" is a legal doublet, made up of two near-synonyms.

This Video Explains Defamation and the 1st Amendment

This Video Explains Defamation - Tort

A cease and desist letter is a document sent to an individual or business to stop alleged illegal activity. The phrase "cease and desist" is a legal doublet, made up of two near-synonyms.

In episode 70 of Supreme Court Briefs, a police commissioner sues the New York Times for defamation after it runs an ad that talks trash about his department.

An overview of the the landmark decision, Hustler Magazine vs Falwell. Done with as much grace as possible when you are talking about religious figures having sex with their mother.

An overview of the relationship and history between the 3rd President of the United States, Thomas Jefferson and his 14 year old slave, Sally Hemings.

Understanding the U.S. Constitution: 7. This clip examines the guarantee of Freedom of Speech in the Bill of Rights. It also looks at the legal limitations imposed on this right.

BBC Spotlight journalist Jennifer O'Leary and Gerry Adams leave the High Court in Dublin, as Mr Adams' defamation case against the BBC continues.



A BBC reporter has told Dublin’s High Court that she took the “utmost...

Syrian family says they received threats after Stephen Yaxley-Lennon published claims they say are false on Facebook.

Prominent journalist and her colleague have been found guilty of libel after article linked businessman to criminal activity.

Maria Ressa denies ‘cyber-libel’ charges over an article published on her Rappler news website.

Justin Baldoni has launched a $250-million US libel lawsuit against the New York Times related to Blake Lively’s claims that he sexually harassed her on the set of the movie It Ends With Us. Lively has sued Baldoni and others, alleging...

Cutaways and departure shots of Gerry Adams and BBC staff making statements outside the High Court in Dublin as Adams wins a libel case against the broadcaster.



The BBC has been ordered to pay former Sinn Fein leader...

The BBC has been ordered to pay former Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams 100,000 euros (£84,000) after he won a “resounding” libel victory over the broadcaster.



Mr Adams took the BBC to court over an episode of its Spotlight...

Gerry Adams, Jennifer O'Leary, Gwyneth Jones, Adam Smyth, Paul Tweed, Tom Hogan SC, Declan Doyle SC and Judge Alexander Owens at the High Court in Dublin for Gerry Adams' libel case against the BBC.

Statements outside Dublin High Court as former Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams has been awarded 100,000 euro (£84,000) in his libel case against the BBC.



He alleged a BBC Spotlight programme, and an accompanying online story,...

Statements outside Dublin High Court as former Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams has been awarded 100,000 euro (£84,000) in his libel case against the BBC.



He alleged a BBC Spotlight programme, and an accompanying online story,...

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Former Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams outside the High Court in Dublin, where he is bringing a legal action against the BBC over allegations about the murder of an

MI5 spy.

Claims were made in a...

Former Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams outside the High Court in Dublin as a jury deliberates in his libel trial against the BBC.

The BBC team, Judge Alexander Owens, and libel lawyer Paul Tweed leave court after the jury are sent out to deliberate in the defamation case taken by Gerry Adams against the BBC at Dublin's High Court.

A BBC reporter has rejected assertions that she had “no regard or care” whether a claim that Gerry Adams sanctioned the killing of a spy was true of false.



Jennifer O’Leary said she did not treat the allegation...