On July 7, 2022, the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia, Harrisonburg Division, held that Plaintiff John Doe alleged the necessary elements of his defamation claims, denying Shenandoah University’s motion to dismiss. Doe, formerly a student in the Physician Assistant Studies Program (“PA Program” or “Program”), informed University faculty that he

In the recent Virginia Beach Circuit Court case of Oliver v. Cohen, the jury sided with a public figure in finding that comments made in a Facebook group defamed her and negatively impacted her campaign. Dee Oliver, a resident of Virginia Beach, ran for city council in November of 2018. Just days before the election,