Newsmax Paid $40M to Settle Defamation Suit Over 2020 Election Claims March 17, 2025 By Costas Pitas and Jack Queen Cable outlet Newsmax Media has paid $40 million to settle allegations it defamed Smartmatic by reporting false claims that the...
Texas Crisis Communications Specialist Sues Film Star Blake Lively for Defamation February 7, 2025 By Andrew Dalton A Texas crisis communications specialist has sued Blake Lively for defamation after the actor pulled him into her legal fight...
Trump Fails to Win New Trial in E. Jean Carroll Sex-Abuse Case December 30, 2024 By Erik Larson A federal appeals court denied Donald Trump’s request for a new trial in New York writer E. Jean Carroll’s sexual...
CNN Must Face Project Veritas’ Defamation Lawsuit, Appeals Court Rules November 8, 2024 By Jonathan Stempel A U.S. federal appeals court on Thursday revived a defamation lawsuit accusing CNN of defaming Project Veritas in its explanation...
Newsmax Settles Smartmatic Defamation Suit Over False Election Claims September 26, 2024 By Tom Hals Newsmax Media reached a confidential settlement of a lawsuit by Smartmatic, the voting machine maker that had alleged it was...
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...