I’ve now been sued twice for defamation over postings I’ve made on my law blog. And you know what? It sucks.
On both occasions, I was reporting on what happened in a courtroom, on cases I was not involved with either as counsel or litigant. And on both occasions judges tossed the lawsuits in the pleadings stage as the suits assaulted my right to fairly report and comment on judicial proceedings.1 You can’t (successfully) sue people for reporting on what transpired in court, or for their opinions on what happened.
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