Sarah Palin Loses Bid to Disqualify Judge from NY Times Defamation Trial June 1, 2022 By Luc Cohen Former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin on Tuesday lost her bid to have the judge who oversaw her unsuccessful...
Jury’s Duty in Depp-Heard Trial Doesn’t Track Public Debate May 31, 2022 By Matthew Barakat A seven-person civil jury in Virginia will resume deliberations Tuesday in Johnny Depp’s libel trial against Amber Heard. What the...
New York Times Sues Defamation Plaintiff Under Expanded Anti-SLAPP Law April 21, 2022 By Tom Hals The New York Times sued an anti-immigration author for the cost of defending itself against defamation in the first lawsuit...
Trial Date Set in Defamation Suit Against Fox News Over U.S. Election Claims April 13, 2022 By Jan Wolfe An April 2023 jury trial has been scheduled in Dominion Voting Systems Inc’s $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit accusing Fox News...
Maine Jury Sides With Newspaper Over Police Officer Defamation Case April 8, 2022 A Maine jury has sided with a media company in a lawsuit over newspaper stories about sex abuse allegations involving...
Ballplayer Files Defamation Suit Against The Athletic in California April 1, 2022 Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer sued The Athletic and former reporter Molly Knight, accusing them of “creating and spreading...
Sandy Hook Families Reject Alex Jones Cash Settlement Offer March 31, 2022 Infowars host Alex Jones offered to pay $120,000 per plaintiff to resolve a lawsuit by relatives of Sandy Hook Elementary...
Court Dismisses Washington Post Reporter’s Discrimination Lawsuit March 28, 2022 By Tali Arbel District of Columbia judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a Washington Post politics reporter who said the newspaper discriminated...
Fox News Appeals Defamation Ruling Over Election Claims, Countersues Smartmatic March 18, 2022 By Jonathan Stempel Fox News on Thursday appealed a judge’s decision to let voting systems company Smartmatic pursue a $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit...
Florida Comp Broker Says in Federal Suit That Competitor’s Lies Cost It Business March 2, 2022 Talking trash about a competitor may be as old as humanity. But a Florida-based workers’ compensation insurance broker is charging...