How to Bring and Defend a Defamation Lawsuit in New Jersey 2025
Category: On Demand
Member Price: $184
Non-Member Price: $230
Product Code: ON158825
Areas of Law: Civil, For All Attorneys
CLE Credits
| NJ CLE: | NJ CLE information: This program has been approved by the Board on Continuing Legal Education of the Supreme Court of New Jersey for 2.4 hours of total CLE credit (Full Credits Available: NJ General: 2.4). |
| NY CLE (t&nt): | NY Professional Practice Transitional: 2.0 |
| PA CLE: | PA Substantive Credit: 2.0
New: No PACLE fee is required for this program. To earn PA CLE credits, a valid PA Bar ID number must be entered into the CLE form provided after attending the program. |
Faculty
Keynote
Moderator
- Bruce S. Rosen, Esq.
- Pashman Stein Walder Hayden, P.C., Hackensackis a Partner in Pashman Stein Walder Hayden, P.C. in Hackensack, New Jersey. He has been a media lawyer for more than 25 years, following a career as an award-winning newspaper reporter and editor. He has been associated with high-profile First Amendment litigations related to free speech, media law (including defamation, access to courts and open public records) and religious freedom. More recently, Mr. Rosen has been involved with crisis management, web defamation, workplace privacy, appropriation of image and data theft. He also represents public corporate clients as well as individuals who own and/or manage private businesses, and has extensive experience in complex and standard commercial litigation, including employment litigation and counseling, environmental law and insurance coverage, business disputes, class action defense and public-school issues, as well as web defamation, workplace privacy, appropriation of image and data theft.
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nMr. Rosen is admitted to practice in New Jersey, New York and the District of Columbia, and before the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey and the Eastern, Northern, and Southern Districts of New York; the United States Court of Appeals for the Second and Third Circuits; and the United States Supreme Court. A Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, he is a member of the New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on Attorney Advertising, the Association of the Federal Bar of New Jersey, the Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers-NJ and the Editorial Board of the New Jersey Law Journal. Mr. Rosen is a founding member of the New Jersey Media Lawyers Association, has been a member of the Defense Counsel Section of the Media Law Resource Center and is Past Chair of the Media Law Committee of the New Jersey State Bar Association. He is a former member of the New Jersey Supreme Court Criminal Practice Committee and serves on the United States District Court Criminal Justice Act Panel.
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nProfessor Rosen has been an adjunct professor of Law and Mass Communications for Rutgers University School of Law-Newark since 2003. His articles have appeared in the New Jersey Lawyer, the New Jersey Law Journal and other publications, and he has lectured for a number of organizations and CLE providers.
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nProfessor Rosen received his B.S. from Georgetown University School of Foreign Service and his J.D. from Seton Hall University School of Law, where he served as an editor of the Seton Hall Legislative Journal. He clerked for the Honorable H. Lee Sarokin, United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, in Newark, New Jersey.
Presenters
- CJ Griffin, Esq.
- Pashman Stein Walder Hayden, P.C., Hackensack
- Zachary D. Wellbrock, Esq.
- Anselmi & Carvelli, LLP, Morristown
Do you know the elements of defamation? Has a client asked for your representation in a defamation lawsuit? Do you know when you can bring a successful defamation claim?
Join us for this midday webinar that will provide insight into this intriguing area of law. A distinguished panel will guide you through every aspect of filing and defending against a defamation lawsuit in New Jersey. Gain important knowledge on pleading requirements, statute of limitations, and proving damages. Discover updates pertaining to the Anti-SLAPP Law and case law updates. Learn about privileges and opinions, and when claims cannot be litigated. You will leave this program with a wealth of knowledge on defamation. Register today!
Program Agenda:
- 12:00 | Introduction
- 12:05 | Elements of Defamation
- 12:35 | Pleadings
- 1:05 | Damages
- 1:30 | Anti-SLAPP Law
- 2:00 | Adjourn