Judges and attorneys have strong views on the value of and need for Commercial Division Rule 19-a Statements, but they are here to stay, and drafting them is both an “art and science.” As judges take ...

Calls by some liberals to "defund the police" followed a police officer’s murder of George Floyd. "Defund" is not an official legal term and can mean anything from closing a police department to ...

Fact-checking adds to public debates and should never be considered a form of censorship, affirmed the world’s fact-checkers in a formal statement issued as part of their GlobalFact 11 conference in ...

In a world of wild talk and fake news, help us stand up for the facts.

Borrowing through personal loans is common, but loan agreements are often packed with jargon and complex clauses. This can confuse borrowers and lead to misunderstandings. To bridge this gap, lenders ...

One of the challenges in an election season is fact-checking candidate statements. One of the organizations working to do that is PolitiFact. The news organization has been fact-checking political ...

At the annual meeting of the world’s fact-checkers in 2024 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina — our 11th GlobalFact meeting — it is time to restate our longstanding commitment to access to ...

Online claims that the Namibian president released a statement rejecting a proposal by the Gates Foundation to conduct trials of a contraceptive device are false. An August 11 Facebook post, opens new ...

ABC News anchor Linsey Davis admitted in a post-debate interview that her fact-checking of former President Trump was influenced by the earlier CNN debate that went disastrously for President Biden.

An Oct. 10 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) shows several pictures of an online and printed voters' pamphlet. "Oregon voter pamphlets do not include Donald Trump," reads text within the post, ...