A new deal, which would allow The Onion to use the Infowars name and website address, must be approved by a Texas judge.
Category: Libel and Slander
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The Onion Signs New Deal to Take Over Infowars
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Judge Dismisses Trump’s Suit Against The Wall Street Journal
The New York Times – Business:The judge said Mr. Trump had not “plausibly alleged” that The Journal published the article with actual malice.
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Trump Files $10 Billion Suit Over BBC Documentary
The British broadcaster, which has expressed regret over the editing of video clips about the president, has rejected claims that the error was evidence of a fundamental bias in its news reporting.
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Jim Avila, Former ABC News Correspondent, Dies at 70
He spent almost two decades at the network, covering a wide range of court cases and the White House. He was also at the center of a defamation lawsuit over “pink slime.”
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Trump Refiles $15 Billion Lawsuit Against The New York Times
A federal judge had previously dismissed the complaint as unnecessarily lengthy and digressive. The president claims that The Times sought to defame him during the 2024 election.
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Atlantic Settles Writer’s Suit Over Article It Retracted
The writer, Ruth Shalit Barrett, had accused the magazine of defaming her in a lengthy editor’s note.
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Newsmax Will Pay $67 Million to Settle Dominion Defamation Lawsuit
Dominion Voting Systems sued the right-wing cable channel for broadcasting false claims that the voting machine company had rigged votes in the 2020 presidential election.
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Trump Says Rupert Murdoch Should Be Deposed Within 15 Days in Suit Over Epstein Article
The president’s legal team argued in a legal filing that discovery process for the media mogul should be expedited because of his age and health.
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Project Veritas Withdraws Lawsuit Against The New York Times
The conservative group accused The Times of defamation over an article published in 2020.
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White House Bans Wall Street Journal From Press Pool on Trump’s Scotland Trip
The president sued the publication last week, accusing it of defamation for an article about his ties to the disgraced former financier Jeffrey Epstein.
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Trump Sues Wall Street Journal for Article on Note to Epstein
The lawsuit argues that The Journal falsely claimed President Trump “authored, drew and signed” a lewd birthday card to Jeffrey Epstein.