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In a suit filed by the superintendent of public schools in Lewiston, Maine, the First Circuit affirmed a grant of summary judgment and held that the defendants’ failure to adequately research the reliability of an article posted on the Internet was negligent, but it did not rise to the level of actual malice, a requirement in a defamation suit brought by a public official
District court grants a preliminary injunction to plaintiff news organizations, allowing them to conduct exit polling during New Jersey’s November 3, 2009, election, in spite of the New Jersey Attorney General’s directive that all expressive activity is forbidden within 100 feet of polling places
District court denies defendants’ motion to strike under California’s Anti-SLAPP statute, holding that defendants failed to show that disclosing plaintiff's gang nickname and face in their documentary was in furtherance of the exercise of their constitutional right of free speech in connection with a public issue or an issue of public interest
