Supreme Court rejects Alex Jones’ Sandy Hook appeal
SUMMARY • Supreme Court denies Alex Jones‘ appeal in $1.4B defamation case • Jones found liable for claiming Sandy Hook shooting was a hoax • Judge previously issued default ruling due to Jones’...
View ArticleGiuliani settles $1.3B Dominion defamation lawsuit over 2020 election claims
SUMMARY Rudy Giuliani reached a confidential settlement with Dominion Voting Systems in its $1.3 billion defamation lawsuit. Dominion sued Giuliani over his baseless 2020 election-rigging claims spread...
View ArticleAppeals court upholds $83.3M defamation award against Trump
SUMMARY Federal appeals court upholds $83.3 million award to E. Jean Carroll in Trump defamation case 2nd Circuit rejects Trump’s arguments on damages and presidential immunity claims Carroll accused...
View ArticleAlec Baldwin lawsuit over ‘Rust’ shooting dismissed
SUMMARY New Mexico judge dismisses Alec Baldwin‘s lawsuit tied to “Rust” shooting. Lawsuit alleged civil rights violations and malicious prosecution. Dismissal was procedural; Baldwin may refile within...
View ArticleSmokey Robinson files defamation suit over rape claims
Smokey Robinson has filed a defamation lawsuit against four former housekeepers who accused him of rape and prompted a police investigation. Robinson and his wife, Frances Robinson, filed the...
View ArticleBuster Murdaugh sues media companies over programs
HAMPTON — Buster Murdaugh, the son of convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh, has sued seven media companies and a newspaper editor, alleging he was defamed by comments included in television programs about...
View ArticleBankruptcy trustee discloses plan to liquidate Jones’ assets
A U.S. Bankruptcy Court trustee is planning to shut down conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ Infowars media platform and liquidate its assets to help pay the $1.5 billion in lawsuit judgments Jones owes...
View ArticleSandy Hook families ask judge to liquidate Jones’ company
Relatives of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting are asking a bankruptcy judge to liquidate conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ media company, including Infowars, instead of allowing him...
View ArticleOpinion Digest: Coach awarded $200K; court splits on defamation definition
AT A GLANCE Jeffrey L. Cruce, Berkeley High School coach and athletic director, was relieved of those duties in December 2015 and made a guidance counselor after a challenging season. An email sent to...
View ArticleDefamation settlement prompts website’s shutdown
A far-right, unofficial Catholic media website has agreed to pay $500,000 to a New Hampshire priest who sued for defamation over a 2019 article that the site now disavows. The website also is planning...
View ArticleTrump briefly testifies in defamation lawsuit
NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump was on and off the witness stand at a jury trial Thursday in less than 3 minutes but not before breaking a judge’s rules on what he could say by claiming that a...
View ArticleCourt dismisses professor’s lawsuit against student newspaper
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — A judge Monday dismissed a University of Notre Dame’s professor’s defamation lawsuit against a student-run publication over news coverage of her abortion-rights advocacy. St. Joseph...
View ArticleJudge limits Trump lawyers’ arguments in defamation trial
NEW YORK — A judge has ruled that former President Donald Trump’s lawyers can’t present legal arguments to a jury assessing damages at a defamation trial on a jury’s conclusion last year that he didn’t...
View ArticleJudge dismisses state lawmaker’s defamation suit
OMAHA, Neb. — A judge dismissed a defamation lawsuit filed by a Nebraska lawmaker against a conservative political action committee that labeled her a child “groomer” and sexual abuser in online posts,...
View ArticleJudge orders Giuliani to pay fees in defamation case
WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Wednesday held Rudy Giuliani liable in a defamation lawsuit brought by two Georgia election workers who say they were falsely accused of fraud, entering a default...
View ArticleJudge dismisses Trump lawsuit against CNN
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit Donald Trump filed against CNN in which the former U.S. president claimed that references in news articles or by the network’s hosts to his efforts to overturn...
View ArticleBundy ordered to pay $50M-plus in defamation case
A far-right activist who led the takeover of a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon, an associate and three of their groups must pay over $50 million in damages after a hospital in Idaho won a defamation...
View ArticleDefamation suit against competitor over false claims, $2.5M settlement
Action: Defamation Injuries alleged: Damage to reputation and character; loss of value and business in the industry Case name: Withheld Court/case no.: Withheld Jury and/or judge: Withheld Amount: $2.5...
View ArticleBluffton mayor awarded $50M in defamation claim
Beaufort County jury has awarded $50 million to the mayor of Bluffton after finding that she had been defamed for years by an outspoken critic of local government officials. On Feb. 3, the jury...
View ArticleJury awards $50 million to SC mayor in defamation lawsuit
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — A jury in South Carolina awarded $50 million in damages to a mayor in a defamation case against a longtime critic. The Beaufort County jury decided Thursday that Skip...
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