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CNN Settles Multi-Million Dollar Defamation Lawsuit Filed by Covington Student Nicholas Sandmann
By Peter S. Lubin, Patrick Austermuehle
CNN has agreed to settle a multi-million dollar defamation lawsuit with Covington Catholic student Nicholas Sandmann earlier this month. A CNN spokesperson has confirmed that a settlement was reached but…
Chicago Business Litigation Lawyer Blog
Tulsi Gabbard Files $50 Million Defamation Lawsuit against Hillary Clinton
By Peter S. Lubin, Patrick Austermuehle
Democratic presidential candidate and congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard filed a defamation lawsuit last week against Hillary Clinton over statements the former Secretary of State made during an interview characterizing Gabbard as…
Chicago Business Litigation Lawyer Blog
Former Employee Can’t Sue Employer for Defamation
By Peter S. Lubin, Patrick Austermuehle
When an employee of a medical parts manufacturer was caught up in a foreign corrupt practices investigation of his employer and subsequently fired, the employee could not sue the employer…
PrawfsBlawg
Appellate argument (and law school), encapsulated (Updated)
Main Friday, January 31, 2020Appellate argument (and law school), encapsulated (Updated)From the Sixth Circuit argument in Higgins v. Kentucky Sports Radio, a lawsuit brought by a college referee who was…
Intellectual Property Trends
Tulsi Gabbard sues Hillary Clinton over “Russian asset” remark. Defamation or Politics as Usual?
Gabbard vs. Clinton 2020 On January 22, 2020, Tulsi Gabbard and Tulsi Now, Inc. filed a federal lawsuit in the United States District Court in the Southern District of New…
SDNY Blog
Tulsi Gabbard Sues Hillary Clinton for Defamation Over “Russian Asset” Comment
In a complaint filed today, congresswoman and presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard sued Hillary Clinton for defamation over Clinton having referred to Gabbard as a "Russian asset" during a podcast. The…
The Right Coast
The Covington Kids’ Revenge, One Year Later | The American Conservative
Most agenda journalism victims are expected to disappear in shame. But this time it was different. Sandmann sued a range of journalists, including Maggie Haberman, Ana Navarro, and Shaun King,…
California Employment Law Update
Defamation and Wrongful Termination Claims Against the Los Angeles Times Were Properly Dismissed
By Tony Oncidi
Rall v. Tribune 365, LLC, 2019 WL 6887261 (Cal. Ct. App. 2019) Frederick Theodore Rall III, a political cartoonist and blogger, sued the Los Angeles Times after it published a…
Close-Ups
BuzzFeed Wins Libel Suit Regarding “King of Bullsh*t News” Article
By Lee S. Brenner, Shantel H. Asada
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals recently affirmed the dismissal of a case against BuzzFeed, an internet media company, for publishing an allegedly libelous article about a British news agency,…
Simple Justice
Short Take: Is “Defamation By Clickbait” A Thing?
Harvard lawprof Larry Lessig was not pleased with the headline. A Harvard Professor Doubles Down: If You Take Epstein’s Money, Do It in Secret Lessig wasn’t thrilled with the lede either.…