In an ideal world, that is the way the law works -- but in the real
world someone with a bad case and lots of money can destroy someone with
an ironclad case, but few resources with which to defend himself or
herself. Right or wrong has little to do with it, unfortunately.
Dave
On 4/12/2011 6:28 PM, malcolm McCallum wrote:
Of course, if your article is correct, backed up by facts, and legit,
you have nothing to really worry about.
They can protest all they want, file law suits, they will be tossed
out as frivolous.
If it does have questionable stuff in it, then its probably not ready
to release.
Malcolm
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 4:57 PM, David M. Lawrence<d...@fuzzo.com> wrote:
No "come on" applies here, Malcolm. I have studied media law -- it's kind
of an important aspect of my staying employed. When you show someone an
advance copy of a story, and they protest but you run the story anyway, you
make yourself a lot more vulnerable to losing any legal proceeding that may
result.
Dave
On 4/12/2011 11:33 AM, malcolm McCallum wrote:
Oh, come on. The minute you write anything down whether anyone has
read it or not you open yourself and your newspaper up to a lawsuit.
This protectionist philosophy does not protect you from suit it places
you in a more susceptible position to a lawsuit.
Malcolm
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