Explore modern defamation law through the Depp-Heard trial, covering public figures, social media, damages, and anti-SLAPP laws.
Experienced First Amendment litigator Peter Afrasiabi uses the facts of the notorious Johnny Depp/Amber Heard trial to provide an expert overview of the tort of defamation, including the elements, defenses, and damages.
This program includes several critical pieces of advice for practitioners who may be considering filing a defamation claim on behalf of a client, to avoid the many traps for the unwary that lie in wait in cases involving allegedly defamatory statements.
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Founding Partner at One, LLP
Peter Afrasiabi is a founding partner at One LLP and focuses his practice on copyright, patent, trademark, and entertainment litigation. In addition, Peter is a professor and the Director of the Appellate Clinic at the University of California, Irvine School of Law. Peter graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles and the University of Southern California Gould School of Law.
