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Cleary, A&U lose defamation case; barrister awarded $630,000 in damages
Author Phil Cleary and his publisher Allen & Unwin have lost a defamation case and have been ordered to pay $630,000 in damages. The judgement in the Victorian Supreme Court related to ...
Chuck Norris sues Penguin
Actor Chuck Norris is suing Penguin US over the satirical book The Truth About Chuck Norris: 400 facts about the World's Greatest Human.
Macmillan withdraws history book
Macmillan UK has withdrawn Andrew Marr's A History of Modern Britain following a complaint from feminist Erin Pizzey.
Scientologists claim defamation in new book
A new Irish-published book critical of Scientology has been withdrawn from sale in the UK over defamation fears.
PEN sets up 'libel watch' in the UK
Free-speech group PEN has set up a 'libel dossier' in the UK, and is asking publishers to alert it whenever they are asked to change a book on legal advice.
PoD publishers not responsible for defamation, US court rules
Print-on-demand (PoD) publisher BookSurge has been cleared of any legal responsibility for defamation in a US court case, with the court agreeing that the Amazon-owned company is not a 'publisher' as ...
Rushdie not so 'scruffy' after all
The authors of a book that claimed that Salman Rushdie was nicknamed "Scruffy" by his police protection officers have 'admitted there were falsehoods in the manuscript and have made ame...
Rushdie to sue former bodyguard over book
Salman Rushdie is threatening to sue one of his former bodyguards over a book that he claims is defamatory.
Literary agent sues Wikipedia
US literary agent Barbara Bauer is suing 19 bloggers and websites, alleging that comments posted are ruining her reputation.
Cruise bio officially dumped in UK
Macmillan has officially stated that it will never publish Andrew Morton's controversial biography of actor Tom Cruise in the UK, leaving open the possibility that another publisher could pick up UK r...
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