libel

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A year after he lampooned a judge in a mocking poem, he had the misfortune of standing before him charged with seditious libel for a pamphlet satirizing the Church.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

Lu has filed libel and defamation suits in South Africa, Australia, the U.K. and other countries against some of his critics, including Longwe, the internet-service provider executive in Malawi.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

The defendants also include a woman already the subject of a libel complaint filed by Brigitte Macron in 2022: Delphine J., 51, a self-proclaimed spiritual medium who goes by the pseudonym Amandine Roy.

From Barron's • Oct. 27, 2025

Laurence Fox's libel claim after he was called a racist on social media should be reconsidered at a retrial, the Court of Appeal has ruled.

From BBC • Oct. 17, 2025

But as I had feared, Miss Kenton had read of the unsuccessful libel action, and inevitably, took the opportunity to probe me a little.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro