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Libel
May 16, 2022
Natalie Shure
Stop Trying to Extract Larger Lessons From the Amber Heard–Johnny Depp Trial
The celebrity pair’s sad and sordid relationship isn’t a unified field theorem that explains contemporary politics.
March 21, 2016
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump thinks the Gawker verdict means he “might not have to” change libel laws if elected president.
April 30, 2013
Cara Parks
In Praise of Janet Malcolm’s Prickly Career
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