Fox Can Challenge Smartmatic’s $2.7 Billion Defamation Claim Over 2020 Election January 25, 2024 By Erik Larson Fox Corp. can proceed with its claims that Smartmatic Corp.’s $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit wildly exaggerates the financial harm it...
Judge Dismisses Notre Dame Professor’s Defamation Suit Against Student Newspaper January 16, 2024 SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — A judge last week dismissed a University of Notre Dame’s professor’s defamation lawsuit against a...
Judge Rejects Newsmax Bid to Narrow Smartmatic Lawsuit Over 2020 US Election August 24, 2023 By Tom Hals and Helen Coster A Delaware judge on Wednesday rejected Newsmax Media’s bid to narrow the allegedly defamatory statements that the right-wing U.S. television...
Yale Student Can Be Sued for Defamation for Reporting Rape, Court Says June 26, 2023 By Dave Collins In a decision scrutinizing how colleges investigate sexual assault allegations, Connecticut’s highest court ruled Friday that a former Yale student...
Texas Court Dismisses Billionaire’s Defamation Lawsuit Against Beto O’Rourke June 12, 2023 AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – A Texas appeals court on Friday dismissed a billionaire’s defamation lawsuit against Democrat Beto O’Rouke that...
Fox’s Settlement With Dominion Unlikely to Cost it $787.5M April 24, 2023 By Mae Anderson Fox Corp.’s $787.5 million settlement with Dominion Voting Systems over defamation charges is eye-popping, but the ultimate cost to the...
Fox-Dominion Defamation Trial Delayed, to Continue Tuesday April 17, 2023 By Helen Coster Dominion Voting Systems’ $1.6 billion defamation trial against Fox Corp FOXA.O and Fox News will proceed with jury selection starting...
Murdoch Testified Fox News Hosts Endorsed Idea That Biden Stole Election February 28, 2023 By Helen Coster and Jack Queen Fox Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch acknowledged under oath that some Fox hosts “endorsed” the notion that the 2020 U.S. presidential...
Fox Chief Rupert Murdoch to Be Deposed in $1.6B Dominion Defamation Case January 19, 2023 By Helen Coster and Jack Queen Fox Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch is expected to be questioned under oath on Thursday and Friday in a defamation lawsuit...
New York Politician Who Ran for Mayor Sues Sex Misconduct Accuser for Defamation December 14, 2022 By Karen Matthews A veteran New York City politician filed a defamation lawsuit Monday against a woman who accused him of sexual misconduct,...