He responded by suing her for defamation, libel and slander. Ciara is suing him for defamation, slander, and libel. Tesco served him with writs for criminal defamation and civil libel. Polanski was suing for libel and defamation of character. Libel and slander laws fall under this category. In German law, there is no distinction between libel and slander. Various scholars have argued that the target was obscenity, libel, or sedition. It is divided into two parts, slander and libel. Media liability insurance is available to newspapers to cover potential damage awards from libel lawsuits. Parliament abolished the offence of sedition and seditious libel in 2009. Several lawsuits have been brought against the forums and moderators claiming libel and damage. Douglas was either plaintiff or defendant in several trials for civil or criminal libel. Like Williams, he was prosecuted for seditious libel and blasphemous libel. Trudeau responded to those comments with a threat of a libel lawsuit through his lawyer. Briggs successfully sued Garvey for criminal libel.