defamatory
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The Israeli Supreme Court upheld a ban on the film in 2022, deeming it "defamatory".
From Barron's • Dec. 24, 2025
Anuradha Mittal, who chaired Ben & Jerry's independent board for seven years, told the BBC that Magnum had threatened to publish "defamatory statements" about her if she did not step down from her role.
From BBC • Dec. 19, 2025
Patricia Glaser, an attorney representing Schmidt, called the lawsuit “yet another desperate and destructive effort to publish false and defamatory statements to escape accountability from an existing arbitration over a business dispute.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2025
She also claims $34 million in reputational harm, citing 65 million “impressions of the defamatory statements.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025
If the matter is defamatory and not privileged in any way, then the utmost care before publication with regard to the proof of its truth will be the only safeguard against libel suits.
From The Style Book of The Detroit News by News, The Detroit
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