All entries tagged: Noonan v. Staples
Noonan v. Staples: “The most dangerous libel decision in decades”
A long-established principle of libel law — truth is an absolute defense — has been called into question by a decision handed down last week by a federal appeals court in Boston. The court ruled in the case of Noonan v. Staples that truth published with “actual malice” gleaned from the context of the statement [...]
