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Defamation suits can be a legal consequence for clinicians who publicly diagnose a public figure without an examination.
Melania Trump’s most visible legal responses to claims tying her to Jeffrey Epstein have been aggressive demand letters and threats of massive defamation suits — including a widely reported $1 billion...
Anti‑SLAPP laws are statutory tools designed to stop lawsuits meant primarily to chill public participation by allowing an expedited early dismissal when the suit targets protected speech on matters o...
A federal appellate ruling affirming large defamation judgments against Donald Trump would meaningfully raise his immediate monetary liability exposure and narrow the practical reach of presidential-i...
A clinician publicly diagnosing a living public figure without an examination primarily breaches professional ethics rather than creating a clear-cut new criminal offense; the dominant sanction is pro...
Filmmakers who use deception to secure interviews with public figures operate at the intersection of limited legal defenses and strong ethical constraints: U.S. law often permits portrayal of public f...
Journalists and fact-checkers treat anonymous or newly surfaced assault allegations as serious but delicate information that requires corroboration, careful language, and ethical safeguards: they bala...