April 26, 2023
As Donald Trump ran for and served as president, over a dozen women publicly accused him of sexual assault and harassment. Most of those claims – all denied by Trump – were never taken to court. None has gone to …
April 19, 2023
Fox News’s agreement to pay $787.5 million to settle a voting machine maker’s defamation lawsuit over the network’s 2020 election broadcasts leaves a similar, $2.7 billion suit by voting technology company Smartmatic Corp. to reckon with. Tuesday’s settlement with Dominion …
March 28, 2023
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – A death row minister who was inside the execution chamber during Oklahoma’s last lethal injection sued the Department of Corrections for $10 million on Friday, alleging the agency and its spokesman defamed him in a statement …
March 24, 2023
WILMINGTON, Del. – Lawyers for Fox News and a voting machine company tangled Wednesday over the high bar to prove defamation in a $1.6 billion lawsuit that has embarrassed the conservative network over its airing of false claims related to …
March 21, 2023
Lawyers for Dominion Voting Systems on Tuesday were asking a Delaware judge to find Fox Corp. liable for defamation over airing debunked vote-rigging claims, while Fox lawyers fighting a $1.6 billion lawsuit counter that the network’s 2020 election coverage was …
March 15, 2023
A coalition representing the Maine lobster industry is suing an aquarium on the other side of the country for recommending that seafood customers avoid buying a variety of lobster mostly harvested in their state. Industry groups including Maine Lobstermen’s Association …
December 21, 2022
Actors Johnny Depp and Amber Heard have settled their defamation lawsuits following a high-profile trial earlier this year in which the former couple accused each other of physical and verbal abuse. Heard announced the settlement Monday on social media. Both …
November 4, 2022
Pro golfer Patrick Reed has filed another lawsuit in federal court in Florida, alleging that a slew of news outlets, a book author, publishers and others have worked to defame the 2018 winner of the Masters golf tournament. It all …
October 24, 2022
Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has asked a Connecticut judge to throw out a nearly $1 billion verdict against him and order a new trial in a lawsuit by Sandy Hook families, who say they were subjected to harassment and threats …
October 21, 2022
Former President Donald Trump answered questions under oath Wednesday in a lawsuit filed by E. Jean Carroll, a magazine columnist who says he raped her in the mid-1990s in a department store dressing room. The deposition gave Carroll’s lawyers a …