Fox News, Dominion Argue Over Legal Standards to Prove Defamation March 24, 2023 By Randall Chase WILMINGTON, Del. – Lawyers for Fox News and a voting machine company tangled Wednesday over the high bar to prove...
Google Case at Supreme Court Risks Upending the Internet as We Know It February 16, 2023 By Emily Birnbaum An upcoming Supreme Court case could answer one of the toughest questions of the internet age: Should online companies be...
Jury Orders Filmmaker Haggis to Pay $7.5M in Rape Lawsuit by Publicist November 14, 2022 By Jennifer Peltz A jury ordered Academy Award-winning filmmaker Paul Haggis Thursday to pay at least $7.5 million to a woman who accused...
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...
Ford to Pay States $19.2 Million Over False Advertising Claims May 25, 2022 By David Shepardson Ford Motor Co. will pay $19.2 million to resolve allegations it falsely advertised real-world fuel economy and payload capacity for...
Intuit to Pay $141 Million to Settle TurboTax Deception Claims May 6, 2022 By Jonathan Stempel Intuit Inc agreed to pay $141 million in restitution to settle claims by all 50 U.S. states and Washington, D.C.,...
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...
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...
Sarah Palin, New York Times Editor Take the Stand in Defamation Trial February 10, 2022 By Jonathan Stempel and Jody Godoy Sarah Palin portrayed herself as a dedicated public servant in testimony in her defamation case against the New York Times,...
‘Zoombombing’ Costs Zoom $85 Million Privacy Settlement August 2, 2021 By Jonathan Stempel Zoom Video Communications Inc. agreed to pay $85 million and bolster its security practices to settle a lawsuit claiming it...