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By Milton L. Williams and Deanna Paul | April 21, 2023
The much-anticipated defamation trial never began, but a ruling last month may have been a lost opportunity to examine a crucial issue in media law: whether news outlets are responsible for reporting false statements by prominent people.
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Delaware Business Court Insider
By Ross Todd | April 21, 2023
On the eve of what was set to be a blockbuster trial in Delaware Superior Court, Fox News agreed to pay more than three-quarters of a billion dollars to settle claims it knowingly aired lies about Dominion Voting Systems, represented by a team led by Stephen Shackelford, Davida Brook, and Justin Nelson of Susman Godfrey with co-counsel at Clare Locke.
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By Riley Brennan | April 20, 2023
A Kentucky man has filed suit in a Texas district court against Netflix, bringing claims of defamation and misappropriation of likeness after the streaming service allegedly non-consensually used an unrelated photo of him holding a hatchet in their documentary, "The Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker."
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By Riley Brennan | April 20, 2023
"Given the overtly political context, tone, and general purpose of The Conservative Circus, statements such as: McCarthy has 'absolutely no control over his emotions'; conducted himself in a manner that was 'downright frightening' and 'unhinged'; was 'acting like ANTIFA'; surrounded himself with 'thugs'; went 'on the attack, attacking' others; 'it got hostile'; and that he 'didn't even have enough faith in his own voice' are all readily recognized as rhetorical political invective or mere hyperbole and not statements or implications of objective fact," the Supreme Court said.
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By ALM Staff | April 20, 2023
This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar.
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By Ellen Bardash | April 19, 2023
Fox was also likely pushed to settle by a series of decisions Davis made in Dominion's favor in recent months, including confirming falsity and declining to dismiss the case at the summary judgment stage.
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Delaware Business Court Insider
By Michael Riccardi | April 18, 2023
The reported settlement sum is about half of Dominion's public demand of $1.6 billion in damages.
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By Pete Ottaviano and Jay Linder | April 17, 2023
The evolving media landscape is pushing firms to pursue new and innovative digital strategies to stay in front of their clients and prospective clients.
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By Ellen Bardash | April 17, 2023
A spokesperson for Fox said Dominion has backed off on the amount of damages it's seeking at trial. But Dominion flatly denied that claim.
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By ALM Staff | April 10, 2023
Hall was a reporter at the Austin American-Statesman for nine years and was honored for her work reporting on the aftermath of the deep freeze and power outage in 2021.
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