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Sarah Palin, NY Times Have Explored Settlement, as Judge Sets Defamation Retrial

Sarah Palin and the New York Times have explored trying to settle the former Alaska governor and Republican U.S. vice presidential candidate’s closely watched defamation case against the newspaper, their lawyers said on Tuesday. The disclosures came during a phone …

Judge’s Ruling That Trump Defamed Writer Sets Up Second Trial on Damages

Four months after a jury found that Donald Trump sexually abused and defamed advice columnist E. Jean Carroll, a federal judge ruled Wednesday that still more of the ex-president’s comments about her were libelous. The decision means that an upcoming …

Former Chair Ghosn Sues Nissan for $1B in Lebanon

Former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn has sued the company for more than $1 billion in a lawsuit filed to Lebanon’s public prosecutor last month, according to a copy of the lawsuit seen by Reuters. The lawsuit filed on May 18 …

Fox’s Settlement With Dominion Unlikely to Cost it $787.5M

Fox Corp.’s $787.5 million settlement with Dominion Voting Systems over defamation charges is eye-popping, but the ultimate cost to the media company is likely to be much lower. Fox settled with Dominion over charges that Fox News baselessly accused the …

Jury Sides With Johnny Depp in Libel Case, Awards Him $10M

A jury sided Wednesday with Johnny Depp in his libel lawsuit against ex-wife Amber Heard, awarding the “Pirates of the Caribbean” actor more than $10 million and vindicating his allegations that Heard lied about Depp abusing her before and during …

Jury’s Duty in Depp-Heard Trial Doesn’t Track Public Debate

A seven-person civil jury in Virginia will resume deliberations Tuesday in Johnny Depp’s libel trial against Amber Heard. What the jury considers will be very different from the public debate that has engulfed the high-profile proceedings. For six weeks, testimony …

Jury Rejects Palin’s Libel Claim Against New York Times

A U.S. federal jury on Tuesday ruled against Sarah Palin in her lawsuit accusing the New York Times of defaming her in a 2017 editorial that incorrectly linked her to a mass shooting, after the presiding judge said he would …

Judge Signals Trump’s Tweet Over Stormy Daniels Is Free Speech, Not Libel

Stormy Daniels’s libel lawsuit over a tweet by Donald Trump looks to be doomed after a judge said the president was engaging in free speech. The adult film star, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, claims she was threatened by …

No Libel in HBO Sporting Goods Child Labor Broadcast, Jury Says

A U.S. jury cleared HBO of libel claims on Friday in a lawsuit brought against the Time Warner Inc. subsidiary by a British sporting goods company over a report linking it to child labor in India. Miter Sports International, a …

‘Crouching Tiger’ Actress Settles Website Claim in Southern California Court

“Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” star Zhang Ziyi settled a lawsuit for libel against a U.S.-based Chinese news website, which today apologized for false reports that she had sex with Chinese officials including ousted Politburo member Bo Xilai. The case is …