Curtis Pub. Co. v. Butts (1967) … held that the head football coach at the University of Georgia (who was privately paid and not a public employee) was a "public figure" in a defamation case ...

The Petah Tikva Magistrate Court extended until next Thursday the detention of a man said to be a senior figure in the ...

“I’ve been sober from alcohol for 1,558 days, so to press me on a DUI, I’m a public figure,” he said. The description for one of his last YouTube videos, ...

Americans once demanded a lot less of their national public figures than they do now. In the frontier days, a politician often proved himself by demonstrating his capacity for drink, women and duels.

The South Carolina Supreme Court recently decided that a high school football coach was not a public official or a public figure for purposes of a defamation claim. The decision meant the coach ...

Public figures "have voluntarily exposed themselves to increased risk of injury from defamatory falsehood" and boast increased access to media to "counteract false statements." ...

And here they are, the public figures included in YouGov’s polling who you would least like to have visit your door on Halloween. (Note: The emoji charts are generated randomly; they are not ...

Is each one of them a public figure? Not exactly. If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, ...

Whether it’s a close family member or public figure who has died, the first step to coping with grief is to let your emotions out. “Allow that sadness,” says Rogers.