libel

The story of Hugh of Lincoln—one of the earliest “blood libels” against the Jews—crossed the Atlantic to appear in American ballads from New England to the Deep South.

Laurence Fox's libel claim after he was called a racist on social media should be reconsidered at a retrial, the Court of Appeal has ruled.

The author was convicted after he lost a libel trial against Lord Queensberry, who had accused him of being homosexual after discovering that his son, Lord Alfred Douglas, aka Bosie, was Wilde's lover.

Or, in “Dragnet”-speak, “Names have not been changed, and we have no desire or obligation to protect the innocent. This is a drama, and anyway, you can’t libel the dead.”

In August, a judge dismissed the star's libel claim and said the Guardian had succeeded in defending its stories on the grounds of truth and public interest.