The principle is explained succinctlyВ in this warning to journalists published by the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press: It can be traced back to an article that future Supreme Court justice Louis Brandeis and his law partner, Samuel Warren, wrote for the Harvard Law Review in 1890. If you care to immerse yourself in the details of the case, you will find all kinds of contradictory statements as to whether Hogan (real name: Terry Bollea) and his paramour, Heather Clem (wife of Bubba the Love Sponge Clem and yes, thatвЂ™s his real name), knew or didnвЂ™t know they were being recorded and did or didnвЂ™t expect that the video would somehow become public.Д«ut the law involving invasion of privacy is reasonably clear. Such third-party financing is legal, and it proved to be a sound investment: in March, a Florida jury found that Gawker had invaded HoganвЂ™s privacy by publishing a video of him and a friendвЂ™s wife without permissionВ and awarded him $140 million. Last week we learned that Peter Thiel, a Silicon Valley billionaire, had provided about $10 million to help fund HoganвЂ™s case. But the way his case is being paid for might. Does Hulk HoganвЂ™s invasion-of-privacy suit against the news-and-gossip site Gawker threaten the First Amendment? No.

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