OMG! Twitter Trial Looks GTG*

According to The Hollywood Reporter, it looks like fashion designer Dawn Simorangkir's lawsuit against singer Courtney Love over Tweets criticizing the designer is going to trial next month.  [UPDATE: The National Law Journal reports that a settlement is likely.]  If there is no pre-trial settlement, this would apparently be the first defamation trial in U.S. based on comments posted on Twitter.

The End of Libel? Or Just Libel Trials?

The New York Observer has an interesting article based on the premise that "libel suits appear to be going out of fashion."  The article cites statistics from the Media Law Resource Center (my former employer), and anecdotal evidence from attorneys at several "legacy media" companies (who are also MLRC members).