January 17, 2014
Bloggers and others who speak on issues of public concern are entitled to the same free-speech protections as traditional journalists, a Ninth Circuit panel ruled Friday, finding a trustee that a blogger had criticized for its role in a real estate bankruptcy needed to show the blogger had acted negligently.
October 12, 2012
A blogger hit with a $2.5 million defamation verdict for criticizing Obsidian Finance Group LLC's trusteeship in a real estate bankruptcy proceeding asked the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday for a new trial, saying the court erred in refusing to give her the same First Amendment protections as journalists.