SLANDERTOWN is a podcast that dives into First Amendment slugfests. No beef too small, no lawsuit too petty.

Dan talks to attorney John Langford and law student Raymond Perez of the Yale Law Media Freedom & Information Clinic, which submitted a provocative amicus brief arguing that Drake consented to being defamed when he instigated a rap battle with Kendrick Lamar.

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Brief

SLANDERTOWN is a podcast that dives into First Amendment slugfests. No beef too small, no lawsuit too petty.

Dan and SLANDERTOWN blog contributor Isabella Jurcisin discuss her article about the Fifth Circuit's sacking of NFL legend Brett Favre's defamation lawsuit against Shannon Sharpe. Joining them are Sharpe's attorneys Mary Ellen Roy and Mark Fijman.

SLANDERTOWN is a podcast that dives into First Amendment slugfests. No beef too small, no lawsuit too petty.

Dan, Ari, and Tanvi talk to SLANDERTOWN blog contributor Christina Lee about the war between Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively - and how the New York Times is along for the ride.

Reading:

https://www.slandertown.com/blog/itendswithus

SLANDERTOWN is a podcast that dives into First Amendment slugfests. No beef too small, no lawsuit too petty.

Dan talks to SLANDERTOWN blog contributor Angela Chung about Donald Trump's penchant for repeatedly defaming people (specifically, E. Jean Carroll and the Central Park Five) and what may happen next.

Reading:

https://www.slandertown.com/blog/trumptrilogy

https://www.slandertown.com/blog/centralparkfive

SLANDERTOWN is a podcast that dives into First Amendment slugfests. No beef too small, no lawsuit too petty.

EPISODE 7: Dan & Ari talk to Andrew Rice about the defamation downfall of Rudy Giuliani.

Link to Article: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/12/shaye-moss-ruby-freeman-beat-giuliani-in-defamation-trial.html

Guest: Andrew Rice (@riceid), Contributing editor, New York Magazine & author of The Year That Broke America.

SLANDERTOWN is a podcast that dives into First Amendment slugfests. No beef too small, no lawsuit too petty.

EPISODE 7: Dan, Ari, and Tanvi talk to comedy (and First Amendment) icon Kathy Griffin about her extensive experience with the legal system.

Guests: Kathy Griffin and her esteemed counsel Michael Grygiel.

SLANDERTOWN is a podcast that dives into First Amendment slugfests. No beef too small, no lawsuit too petty.

EPISODE 6: Dan and Tanvi discuss how recent developments in the Dominion v Fox News lawsuit reveal the fakery at the heart of Fox News. The closest analogue: pro wrestling! Joining the crew is Abraham Josephine Riesman, bestselling author of Ringmaster: Vince McMahon and the Unmaking of America, who explains the concept of "kayfabe" and how it applies to Donald Trump and Fox News.

SLANDERTOWN is a podcast that dives into First Amendment slugfests. No beef too small, no lawsuit too petty.

EPISODE 5: Dan, Ari, and Tanvi discuss two stunt lawsuits: 

1. The "Wagatha Christie" Trial that recently concluded in the UK (article: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/wagatha-christie-saga-uk-libel-1235226301/)

2. Trump's lawsuit against CNN for calling him a Nazi (Complaint: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.621239/gov.uscourts.flsd.621239.1.0.pdf) 

Guest:

Ashley Cullins (@AshleyCullins) of The Hollywood Reporter (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/author/ashley-cullins/). 

Hosts: Ari Cohn (@aricohn) & Dan Novack (@dannovack) & Tanvi Valsangikar (too cool to tweet)

SLANDERTOWN is a podcast that dives into First Amendment slugfests. No beef too small, no lawsuit too petty.

EPISODE 4: Dan and Ari discuss two lawsuits against the news media that are trending in opposite directions: Dominion Voting Systems v Fox News and Nicholas Sandmann (aka the MAGA Hat Kid) vs everybody else. Tanvi is on vacation. 

Guests: 

Eriq Gardner (@eriqgardner) of Puck News drops by to discuss his article, "Inside Lachlan & Rupert’s Defamation Endgame" (https://puck.news/inside-lachlan-ruperts-defamation-endgame/) and the Sandmann case. 

Michael Grygiel, co-chair of Greenberg Traurig LLP's National Media and Entertainment Litigation Group and attorney for USA Today, tells us why Nicholas Sandmann's lawsuits all failed. 

Hosts: Ari Cohn (@aricohn) & Dan Novack (@dannovack)

SLANDERTOWN is a podcast that dives into First Amendment slugfests. No beef too small, no lawsuit too petty.

EPISODE 3: Dan and Tanvi unpack Johnny Depp's successful lawsuit against Amber Heard.

Guest: Natalie Shure (@nataliesurely) drops by to discuss her article for the New Republic, "Stop Trying to Extract Larger Lessons From the Amber Heard–Johnny Depp Trial" (https://newrepublic.com/article/166501/amber-heard-johnny-depp-trial)

Hosts: Dan Novack (@dannovack) & Tanvi Valsangikar (too cool for twitter)