Who killed RFK? Not this guy; big media and tabloid are strange bedfellows in libel suit linked to book

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Khalid Khawar's libel case against the Globe tabloid, for portraying him as the real assassin of Robert F. Kennedy in a 1989 story, has reached the California Supreme Court. Lower courts have upheld Khawar's contention that the Globe had a journalistic responsibility to verify information from the Robert Morrow book that it used as the source for its report. The tabloid and the 13 major news media organizations that have filed amicus curiae briefs in the case argue that the First Amendment required only that the tabloid accurately report the book's contents, which the Globe claims it did.

United States, Interpretation and construction, Crimes against, Freedom of the press, Tabloid newspapers, Press law, Kennedy, Robert F., Khawar, Khalid

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In Hollywood, even lawyering is fab

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Katherine S. Kendrick, the general counsel at Hollywood's DreamWorks SKG, has 22 lawyers under her, with some working in the business affairs department, and others in the company's different areas such as film, television and consumer products. Cases which have occupied the company's time include the copyright infringement lawsuit brought by Barbara Chase-Riboud, who claimed the 'Amistad' script was based on her novel treating the historical event, as well as a trademark infringement case brought by Dreamwerks, a company which hosts Star Trek conventions.

Management, Officials and employees, Corporate counsel, Dreamworks SKG, Kendrick, Katherine S.

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Anti-lawyer crusader hit with slander claim; wife of accused lawyer slaps teacher with charge that she was defamed

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Eleanor Shellard, wife of A. Thomas Hunt, lawyer of former teacher Howard Bennett whom Bennett accused of malpractice, has sued Bennett for slander because he allegedly accused her of unauthorized practice of law. Shellard states Bennett knew she was disabled by a stroke and not involved in her husband's law practice. Bennett established the Hunt Club, at first for revenge on the attorney he feels cheated him but then to seek reforms for all victims of the legal profession.

Shellard, Eleanor, Bennett, Howard

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