Me Too Hughes v. Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. McKee v. Cosby

Hughes v. Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc.

Hughes Id. Id. Id. Id. first Id. See Id Id.

[A]ctual malice in a defamation claim focuses primarily on what a defendant knew or believed at the time a purportedly false statement was made.  While an inquiry into the defendant's state of mind at the pleadings stage is sometimes better left for discovery, the complaint's allegations regarding Payne suggest nothing more than the whimsical ups and downs of a scorned lover who, for nearly two years, expressed “romantic interest” in Hughes, and reciprocated her “willingness to engage in sexual conduct with” him.  In view of these allegations, Hughes fails to plead that Payne's statements maintaining the consensual nature of the affair were made with actual malice. Id. (citations omitted).

Hughes

McKee v. Cosby

McKee v. Cosby McKee New York Daily News Id. Daily News Id. Id. Id. McKee v. Cosby aff'd

Private vs Public Figure

Machleder v. Diaz Chapadeau v. Utica Observer-Dispatch Huggins v. Moore

Public Figure

New York Times Co. v. Sullivan New York Times Co. v. Sullivan see Curtis Pub. Co. v. Butts, Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc. See Gertz Lerman v. Flynt Distrib. Co. cert. denied, Gertz See, e.g. Celle v. Filipino Reporter Enterprises Inc., Mark S. Mulholland is a senior litigation partner and the former managing partner of Ruskin Moscou Faltischek in Uniondale, New York.  He is also the co-chair of the firm's litigation department.  Elizabeth S. Sy is an associate in the firm's litigation department.