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If you are a public figure, or potentially a limited-purpose public figure, you should find an experienced defamation attorney and schedule a consult before pursuing a defamation claim.

(1) a public official; (2) an individual who "achieve [s] such pervasive fame or notoriety that he becomes a public figure for all purposes and in all contexts," referred to as a general-purpose ...

That is one thing that public figures in the US do have in common with their European counterparts. It is not impossible but close to it for a public figure in the US to prove defamation.

Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc. (1974). Nor is he that unicorn of defamation law, the "involuntary public figure," a species Gertz described as "exceedingly rare," and some now believe to be extinct….

Our last poll dealt with possible role of blog insults in the suicide of advertising executive Paul Tillley. In the New York Times article about the role of the blogs in Tilley's death, the ...

Public-figure plaintiffs generally have to prove more to win their case than do private-figure plaintiffs.With the discussion continuing to heat up this morning, we reached out for an expert ...