Showing posts with label defamation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label defamation. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 10, 2019

Laura Loomer Files $3 BILLION Lawsuit Against Facebook for Defamation

Source: Laura Loomer

On Tuesday, Larry Klayman, the founder of Freedom Watch and a former federal prosecutor announced the filing of a defamation lawsuit by conservative investigative journalist Laura Loomer against Facebook. The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida (Case No. 9:19-cv-80893), alleges that Facebook and its wholly owned sister company Instagram, in banning Ms. Loomer from the social media sites, maliciously defamed her by publishing that she is a “dangerous individual” and a domestic Jewish terrorist.

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Saturday, August 12, 2017

NY Times gets VERY bad news on Palin’s defamation lawsuit

Allen B. West

Bad news for the New York Times, but former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin just got some excellent news concerning her defamation lawsuit against the rag paper. The suit was filed after the NYT posted an editorial piece that accused Palin of playing a role in instigating the shooting of Congresswoman Gabby Giffords.

Now the authors of the piece are being ordered to testify in court.

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Wednesday, August 9, 2017

'Pink slime' settlement cost ABC News as much as $177 million

Des Moines:Register

The parent company of ABC News paid as much as $177 million to settle litigation associated with a defamation lawsuit filed by a South Dakota beef processing company, according to a financial report released to investors.

Walt Disney Co., the owner of ABC, made the disclosure to investors in its quarterly report on Tuesday. The company reported a one-time charge of $177 million “incurred in connection with the settlement of litigation,” according to the report. The charge did not include penalties covered by insurance.

Dakota Dunes-based BPI filed a defamation suit against ABC and reporter Jim Avila in 2012 after a series of reports that described the company’s Lean Finely Textured Beef products as “pink slime.” Following ABC’s reports, the company closed three of its four plants and laid off more than half its workforce as BPI’s customers stopped including LFTB in their hamburger specifications.

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