defamation

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Advocacy groups including Equal Rights Advocates, Child USA and Sanctuary for Families have backed her efforts, warning that allowing retaliatory defamation claims to proceed could chill survivors from coming forward.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026

Baldoni brought defamation suits against Lively, her husband Ryan Reynolds, their publicist, claiming they were aiming to ruin his career and reputation with the allegations, as well as the New York Times.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

Exxon Mobil’s defamation case against Rob Bonta looks likelier to go to trial.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

An individual can still be sued for defamation if they post something libelous on Facebook.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

More important, the defamation lawsuits chilled sympathetic coverage of civil rights activism.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson