11.   In the end, a defamation lawsuit pivots less on the statements in question than on the degree of genuine conviction with which they were spoken or written.

12.   It is Pagones who has lanced the Brawley wound again by filing a defamation lawsuit against Brawley and her retinue, and winning several motions already.

13.   On Friday, Moreno filed a defamation lawsuit against the officials who made the accusations.

14.   On Friday, Moreno filed a defamation lawsuit against the officials who made the allegations.

15.   Other clients threaten their former employers with a character defamation lawsuit if they continue to spread untrue stories to potential employers.

16.   Samsung also dropped a defamation lawsuit filed against Nintendo, the Redmond, Wash.-based subsidiary of giant video game company Nintendo Ltd. of Japan.

17.   The former speaker had also filed a defamation lawsuit against Ms. Herbert, which he agreed to drop as part of the settlement.

18.   While corporations fear defamation lawsuits for giving bad references, they can be sued for good references too.

19.   People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals filed the defamation lawsuit Tuesday.

20.   A British attorney cross-examining Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong on Tuesday accused him of lying on the witness stand by denying that his defamation lawsuit was a political tactic.