JOHNNY DEPP DEFAMATION TRIAL: SOME OBSERVATIONS OF A CANADIAN DEFAMATION LAWYER
JOHNNY DEPP DEFAMATION TRIAL ; SOME OBSERVATIONS OF A CANADIAN DEFAMATION LAWYER
I receive several Google alerts every day to keep me current in my specialty of internet defamation law and reputation management . It assists me not merely in keeping current but in watching trends around the world develop before my eyes .
So let me tell you what these headlines tell, scream or merely whisper to me as a defamation lawyer . I will start with this headline today
New York Post
Follow the New York Post's up-to-the-minute coverage of Johnny Depp's defamation case against ex-wife Amber Heard as the trial continues in its?...
Here they are from this headline
1 The paradox of the tort of defamation protecting the reputation of a plaintiff within a particular designation ( Fairfax , Virginia, United States of America ) being covered on a global basis
2 The ancient and much celebrated principle of Open Court is alive and well in the 21st century in its digital form
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3 The defamation trial is becoming popular entertainment as it was in the 19th and the 20th Century in England , Canada, the United States and Australia
4 Counsel and the parties in defamation trials need to consider several audiences the judge, the jury , the press , the metaverse in all its manifestations
That is all for today . Keep tuned for more comments and observations
David Potts is a Toronto barrister specializing internet defamation law who has practised defamation law for over 40 years and has authored and co authored four texts on defamation, cyberlibel and anti slapp proceedings . He can be reached at [email protected]