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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’...

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Giuliani 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...

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Appeals 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...

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Alec 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...

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Smokey 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...

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Buster 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...

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Bankruptcy 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...

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Sandy 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...

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Opinion 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...

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Defamation 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...

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Trump 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...

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Court 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...

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Judge 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...

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Judge 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,...

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Judge 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...

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Judge 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...

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Bundy 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...

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Defamation 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...

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Bluffton 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...

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Jury 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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