Concerns about free speech ordinarily lead courts to refrain from prohibiting, in advance, the dissemination of libelous speech or defamatory remarks. But there's an exception to everything. In this commentary, appellate litigator Howard J. Bashman looks at a recent decision that found judges can, in some instances, enjoin individuals from repeating statements that were declared defamatory at trial.
April 30, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Related: Bashman Archive
Although the First Amendment does not protect a person’s right to utter libelous speech or defamatory remarks, free speech concerns derived from the First Amendment ordinarily lead courts to refrain from prohibiting, in advance, the dissemination of libelous speech or defamatory remarks.
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