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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 …

A lawyer for HBO said on Thursday that a libel case brought against the Time Warner Inc. subsidiary by a British sporting goods company was groundless and maybe even defamatory. The comments from HBO lawyer Dane Butswinkas, in which he …