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Amber Heard and Johnny Depp attend a screening of "Black Mass" during the BFI London Film Festival at Odeon Leicester Square on October 11, 2015 in London, England. (Getty Images/Karwai Tang/WireImage)

Johnny Depp-Amber Heard defamation trial

Joy Saha
MSNBC host Rachel Maddow (Getty Images)

OAN to pay Maddow $250K for failed suit

Travis Gettys - Raw Story
Maria Ressa, CEO and editor of Philippine news website Rappler (JOEL SAGET/AFP via Getty Images)

Maria Ressa convicted of cyber libel

Patrick Frater - Variety
(AP)

Thomas wants to revisit libel laws in US

Elizabeth Preza - Alternet
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Elon Musk (AP/Kiichiro Sato)

Musk may be sued by cave rescuer

Clarrie Feinstein
(AP/Evan Vucci)

Trump's attacks on press aren't funny

Heather Digby Parton
(AP)

Palin vs. New York Times

Matthew Sheffield
(AP)

Palin vs Times

Taylor Link
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Peter Thiel; Donald Trump (Getty/Saul Loeb;Reuters/Jonathan Ernst/Photo montage by Salon)

Brendan Gauthier
FILE – In this Sept. 24, 2016, file photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gestures during a rally in Roanoke, Va. Countless former Democrats in Ohio's blue-collar Mahoning Valley are transferring their adoration for late U.S. Rep. James A. Traficant Jr., D-Ohio, to Trump, while those who knew Traficant say similarities between him and Trump end at the populist bravado and outsized hair. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File) (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Grace Guarnieri
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a town hall-style campaign event at the former Osram Sylvania light bulb factory, Thursday, June 30, 2016, in Manchester, N.H. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Richard Tofel - ProPublica
Jann Wenner (AP/Danny Moloshok/Photo montage by Salon)

Jenny Kutner
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Glenn Beck (AP/Timothy D. Easley)

Beck's legal woes

Luke Brinker
(AP/Joel Ryan)

Jenny Kutner
(Zach Trenholm/Salon)

Am I being slandered?

Cary Tennis
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-751606p1.html'>Joe Seer</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Baldwin disputes epithet claim

Kera Bolonik
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