The outcome of the lawsuit marks an unusual victory for President-elect Donald J. Trump in his ongoing legal campaign against national news organizations.
Category: Libel and Slander
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What to Know About ‘The Apprentice,’ the Controversial Trump Biopic
The film, now available on demand, followed a thorny path to distribution — including the threat of a lawsuit by its subject.
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Newsmax and Smartmatic Settle Defamation Case Over 2020 Election
Jury selection in the case began on Thursday morning, and the trial had been expected to take up to four weeks.
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Smartmatic-Newsmax Defamation Case Heads to Trial
Smartmatic, an election technology company, has accused the right-wing cable news channel of knowingly spreading false vote-rigging claims.
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Coppola Sues After Report Said He Tried to Kiss ‘Megalopolis’ Extras
The director Francis Ford Coppola is seeking at least $15 million in damages from Variety.
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Sarah Palin Is Granted New Libel Trial Against The New York Times
A federal appeals court said that the judge overseeing the original trial, which Ms. Palin lost, had wrongly excluded evidence and might have swayed jurors as they were deliberating.
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Trump’s Lawsuit Against ABC and Stephanopoulos Can Move Forward
The litigation stems from a March 10 interview in which George Stephanopoulos, the network’s star anchor, referred to a civil case brought against Mr. Trump by E. Jean Carroll.
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Judge Rejects Bid to Dismiss Trump Libel Suit Against Pulitzer Board
Donald Trump sued the Pulitzer Prize Board over its 2022 statement reaffirming its decision to award a prize for coverage of the 2016 Trump campaign’s ties to Russia.
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Denny Walsh, Reporter Who Tussled With Mayors and Editors, Dies at 88
Mr. Walsh won a Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting in 1969 and later joined The New York Times, which eventually fired him.
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How a Case Against Fox News Tore Apart a Media-Fighting Law Firm
Tensions had been brewing for years inside Clare Locke, a top defamation law firm. Then came the biggest defamation case of them all.
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Fox News and Trump Go Live Wednesday for First Time in 2 Years
A town hall in Iowa on Wednesday is the network’s first live interview with the former president in nearly two years, the latest twist in a long-running drama.
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Peter Schiff Will Receive Settlement to End His Defamation Suit
The money manager had sued an Australian media company that reported on a tax investigation into his bank, Euro Pacific.