THIS WEEK IN LITIGATION
FOX “News” wants judge to toss a former reporter’s lawsuit
Category: Billable Hours
THIS WEEK IN (FOX “NEWS”) LITIGATION
Here we go again
THIS WEEK IN LITIGATION
A wonderful holiday season lies ahead for the lawyers
THIS WEEK IN FOX “NEWS” LITIGATION
Former producer claims he was bounced for challenging the network’s January 6th coverage
IT’S HEATING UP IN DETROIT
Let the “cease-and-desist” letters fly
FOX TO FCC: “GET OFF THE DIME AND RENEW WTXF’S LICENSE!”
Tells the Commission the Dominion liable settlement with FOX “News” isn’t relevant
BALLY SPORTS NEARS THE CLIFF
Major League Baseball says it’s time for them to either jump, or fix themselves
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Former “60 Minutes” producer sues, claiming her firing uncovered a double standard
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DirecTV is still at war with Nexstar…sort of
ABC NEWS REACHES SETTLEMENT WITH FORMER PRODUCER
Kirstyn Crawford had accused the news division of ignoring her claims of misconduct by former executive Michael Corn
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Gray’s KCTV slapped with another discrimination lawsuit
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These cases are catnip for lawyers
TRIAL DATE SET FOR DOMINION VS. NEWSMAX
The timing is….interesting
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Judge smacks KUSI….hard…again…for its intransigence
A CHALLENGING WEEK FOR NEWSMAX
First, a GOP candidate floats a “pay-to-play” accusation, now a judge opens up its vulnerability in the pending Smartmatic lawsuit.
SINCLAIR WADES INTO NASTY THROWDOWN WITH COMPANY IT FOUNDED
“Pay up or get lost” ultimatum delivered to bankrupt Diamond Sports Group
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The Charleston, SC Sheriff’s Office will pay a tv station’s $33,175 legal tab
SAN DIEGO STATION SUED BY ANOTHER FORMER EMPLOYEE
KUSI’s current owner seems to have no boundaries
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Diamond Sports turns on its parent company!
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Former CNN reporter sues network for alleged discrimination unfair termination
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Former Kansas City anchor files a discrimination lawsuit
THE OTHER SHOE DROPS
The lawsuit by a former Cincy anchor has been filed
META (FACEBOOK) BLOCKS NEWS IN CANADA
Will Google follow suit? And who really loses here?
NEWSMAX STAFF SUBPOENAED IN SMARTMATIC DEFAMATION LAWSUIT
And just how big might this settlement be?
FOX PREPARING TO WRITE STILL ANOTHER SETTLEMENT CHECK
Do you suppose they have a department just for this?
SINCLAIR…ER…BALLY SPORTS…READY TO BAIL ON MORE OBLIGATIONS
Several more major league baseball teams stand to get stiffed
FOX “NEWS” TO CARLSON: “KNOCK IT OFF….NOW”
The billable hours are adding up
THE FOX “NEWS”- CARLSON WAR GOES ON
Their lawyers tell his lawyers he’s violating his contract
GEE, THEY CANCELED THEIR FOUNDER AND NOW THEY ARE SUING HIM
The board files a lawsuit against Project Veritas founder James O’Keefe
FOX DEMANDS LEAKED CARLSON VIDEO DISAPPEAR
Media Matters thumbs its nose
FOX “NEWS” ATTORNEYS TO TURN OVER MORE DOCUMENTS TO SMARTMATIC
Acting like jerks didn’t help their defense against Dominion so….
SMARTMATIC WANTS A LITTLE MORE FROM FOX
The voting machine company is next in line for a court date.
A MURDOCH DROPS HIS DEFAMATION ACTION AGAINST AN AUSSIE NEWS SITE
Second thoughts after the Dominion debacle?
FOX AND DOMINION SETTLE. FOX ADMITS LIES
Moments before opening arguments, Rupert writes a check
FOX-DOMINION TRIAL DELAYED
FOX pushing for a settlement?
FOX INVESTOR SUES MURDOCH AND FOX BOARD OVER “FAKE NEWS”
“Stolen election claims” are keeping lawyers busy
JUDGE SLAPS SANCTION ON FOX NEWS IN DOMINION CASE
Threatens investigation into whether FOX withheld evidence
FOX-DOMINION TRIAL SET TO GET UNDERWAY
Barring an 11th-hour settlement, jury selection commences Thursday
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FOX settles another defamation lawsuit. More upcoming
THE OTHER COMPANY SUING FOX WANTS TO HEAR FROM FIRED PRODUCER
Smartmatic wants to have a chat with Abby Grossberg
STANDARD GENERAL SUFFERS COURT SETBACK
Appeals panel dismisses one motion asking for quick FCC approval.
UNIONS CRY FOUL ON STANDARD GENERAL’S COURT VICTORY
Standard General isn’t giving up and neither is its union opposition
DOMINION’S LAWSUIT AGAINST FOX GOING FORWARD
It's a major blow to the "news" orgnization
STANDARD GENERAL REALLY, REALLY WANTS THIS TEGNA DEAL
Still enlisting endorsements and now there’s a lawsuit
FOX DROPS PRODUCER WHO’S SUING THEM
Abby Grossberg says she was ‘coerced, intimidated, and misinformed’ by FOX lawyers
FOX “NEWS” TRIED…AND GAVE UP ON MUZZLING ONE OF ITS OWN TOP PRODUCERS
Abby Grossberg alleges she and Maria Bartiromo are being set up to take the fall in the $1.6 billion Dominion defamation lawsuit
DIRECTV GOES AFTER NEXSTAR
Finally…someone says the quiet part out loud
SAN DIEGO JURY SMACKS KUSI AND ITS OWNER – HARD
Former anchor Sandra Maas awarded nearly $1.6 million in her discrimination lawsuit
SHE MAKES HER CASE ON THE WITNESS STAND
Former KUSI anchor is suing the station and its owner for pay discrimination
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Former San Diego anchor’s lawsuit enters its second week.
WHEN THE EMPEROR HAS NO CLOTHES
Internal communications show FOX News is more interested in ratings than journalism. And facts are a nuisance
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FOX News can’t duck Smartmatic’s multibillion-dollar defamation lawsuit
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JAX Mayoral candidate sues three tv stations over opponent ads
HER DAY IN COURT FINALLY ARRIVES
Her former employer spent three years trying to quash the case.
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Onetime St. Louis anchor sued by the co-worker he bullied
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The Ailes legacy continues at FOX News
JUDGE DUMPS MAIN CLAIMS IN OAN LAWSUIT
The pretend news channel has only a slim-to-none chance to prevail over DirecTV
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The Station Formerly Known As WGCL still faces lawsuit
FORMER PHOENIX ANCHOR ACCUSED OF PANDEMIC-RELATED FRAUD
She once anchored at 5, 6 and 10 in the market
DID SHE CROSS THE LINE IN REPORTING ON POLICE MISCONDUCT?
Veteran Hawaiian investigative reporter subpoenaed
FIRED REPORTER FILES FEDERAL LAWSUIT AGAINST WBTS
Karen Hensel claims retaliation led to firing at NBC O&O
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Gray and its Lexington KY station sued over vaccine mandate
MOONVES AND PARAMOUNT WILL SHELL OUT NEARLY $10 MILLION TO SETTLE LAWSUIT
And you thought you’d never see another Les Moonves story again.
DOMINION VOTING SYSTEMS CEO FINALLY SOUNDS OFF
Fox News ‘knew the truth’ he says
WILL SUZANNE SCOTT’S VISION FOR FOX PREVAIL IN COURT?
Her mantra “Respect Fox’s audience” is a consultant’s dream and journalism’s nightmare.
FORMER SAN DIEGO ANCHOR WINS YET ANOTHER SKIRMISH IN DISCRIMINATION BATTLE
This will get even nastier when the trial commences
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Her former bosses want her lawsuit booted
REALLY, THE POOR GUY NEEDS THE MONEY
Chances of lawsuit's success appear slim
THIS WEEK IN LITIGATION: DISGRACED FORMER FOX ANCHOR CAN’T ESCAPE COURT DATE
A federal judge in New York brushed aside the motion by disgraced former FOX News anchor/reporter Ed Henry to dismiss allegations that he violated New York’s so-called “revenge porn” statute. The judge also ruled ...
THIS COULD MAKE “FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS” A BIT AWKWARD
Three decades of goodwill built up by Fred Cowgill may take a hit as a result of a legal action he’s undertaken. Cowgill, the longtime sportscaster at Hearst’s WLKY in Louisville, KY is suing ...
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Pity poor Rupert Murdoch. Unlucky in love now that his fourth marriage to former model Jerry Hall (26 years his junior) is apparently over. And unlucky in the courts, where the 91-year-old media baron ...
THIS WEEK IN LITIGATION II
Cable “newser” Newsmax went down to yet another defeat in its ongoing bid to get a lawsuit by Dominion Voting Systems dismissed. Dominion brought the $1.6. billion lawsuit in response to Newsmax’s parroting of ...
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In the Land of 10,000 Lakes, the Hennepin County Prosecutor would like KARE reporter Lou Raguse to talk on the record about his jailhouse interview with the suspect in a fatal road rage shooting ...
CORN ESCAPES LAWSUIT ON TECHNICALITY
Former ABC News exec Michael Corn has had a lawsuit brought by a former news division producer tossed by a New York judge. Judge Barbara Jaffe ruled this week that the statute of limitations ...
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With any luck, former KMOV (Gray) meteorologist Meghan Danahey will soon see her sex and age discrimination lawsuit against the St. Louis station being argued in a courtroom Danahey, now with Sinclair’s WLOS in ...
THIS WEEK IN LITIGATION…OH, HENRY!!!
Former FOX News reporter/host Ed Henry has evidently decided to focus his litigation energies at his former employers. Henry, (who, to us, always looked like the kid in class who felt compelled to remind ...
OAN FINALLY ACKNOWLEDGES WHAT SMART PEOPLE ALREADY KNEW
It hasn’t been a good year for the folks at One America News, the 24/7 cable network for people who think Newsmax and Fox News are foam-at-the-mouth liberals. First they lost their principal underwriter ...
THIS WEEK IN LITIGATION – POURING IT ON IN FLORIDA
Former Tampa anchor Jane Monreal is piling on in her ongoing lawsuit against WFTX and Scripps, the Tampa, FL station’s owner. Monreal, who anchored the weeknight news and also did investigative reporting at the ...
DON’T HOLD YOUR BREATH FOR THAT FOX NEWS DEFAMATION LAWSUIT
If you’ve been keeping the popcorn handy waiting for the start of that $1.6 billion lawsuit being brought by Dominion Voting Systems against FOX News, put it back in storage for awhile. The trial ...
REPORTER UNION AND TEGNA SHAREHOLDER WANT TO STOP SALE
The News Guild, a union that represents journalists, and a Tegna shareholder have “serious concerns” about the company’s pending sale to Standard Media and are demanding a closer examination before the sale is completed. ...
THIS WEEK IN LITIGATION: CAREER STALLED BY A NON-COMPETE
When Laura Rogers departed the morning and midday chair at Gray’s WBKO in Bowling Green, KY back at the end of 2021, she expected to seamlessly glide into a job with the local Spectrum ...
GRAY DID SOMETHING ABOUT THAT JOB DESCRIPTION, THANK G-D.
Remember this job description from WITN in Greenville, N.C.? Well, it seems the HR caught on to the press it was getting for being utterly ridiculous and it’s been changed. The list of responsibilities ...
FIRED ATLANTA MET HEARS WHAT HE DIDN’T WANT TO HEAR
When you’ve spent close to three years going after a former employer for alleged discrimination and breach of contract, you really kind of hope that you will eventually get to court to try and ...
HE CLAIMS DISCRIMINATION
Dana Melancon, a former meteorologist for Sinclair’s KFDM in Beaumont, TX, is suing the station and parent company Sinclair Broadcast Group, claiming he was fired due to the color of his skin. Melancon worked ...
FORMER DALLAS TV ANCHOR JOINS PRIEST SEX ABUSE LAWSUIT
Brendan Higgins was a familiar and welcome face to Dallas tv viewers back when he was a morning anchor at KXAS for 12 years from 1998 until 2010 and again at KTVT from 2012 ...
SMARTMATIC SICS THE LAWYERS ON NEWSMAX AND OAN
FOX News now has company in defending itself against a lawsuit by election technology company Smartmatic. Smartmatic has added Newsmax and OAN to a massive defamation lawsuit that also includes as defendants some FOX ...
FORMER WOI NEWS DIRECTOR DROPS LAWSUIT AGAINST STATION AND TEGNA
Don’t ask for any settlement details because it evidently is none of your damned business, but former WOI news director April Samp has dropped her gender discrimination lawsuit against the station and Tegna. Samp, ...
“GMA” STAFFER CLAIMS RETALIATION AFTER SHE FILED SEX ASSAULT COMPLAINT
Kirstyn Crawford, who filed a lawsuit last month against ABC and Michael Corn, GMA’s former top producer, alleging that Corn sexually assaulted her during a trip to Los Angeles in 2015, now has filed ...
O’REILLY “CANCELS” ACCUSER’S APPEARANCE ON “THE VIEW”
As onetime somebody Bill O’Reilly continues his struggle to sell tickets to his “One More Time” arena tour with Mr. Trump, his lawyers are busy trying to hush up his most well-known accuser. Andrea ...
THIS WEEK IN LITIGATION….FOX NEWS AGAIN
Fox News Channel continues its attempts to wriggle out of a billion-dollar-plus defamation lawsuit brought by Dominion Voting Systems. The cable outfit claims its First Amendment rights would be stifled if Dominion is successful ...
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It was almost a year ago, in May 2020, that Michael Dunston was cut loose by Meredith’s WGCL, it’s Atlanta revolving door. Dunston is coming back at the station, filing a lawsuit this week ...
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Scripps-owned WTVR in Richmond, VA and reporter Jon Burkett are the targets of a defamation suit filed by Virginia Parole Board chair Tonya Chapman. In the $7 million lawsuit, Chapman contends two stories Burkett ...
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Back in December 2019, we told you about the departure of news director April Samp from Tegna’s WOI in Des Moines, IA – OK, Ames, if you’re stickler for city of license. This past ...
SUPREME SETTLEMENT
Yes, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously against him but Byron Allen is still celebrating. According to the Los Angeles Times, the media mogul has ended his high-profile legal battle over alleged racism by ...
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A federal judge has ruled that President Donald Trump must face claims that he violated the First Amendment by revoking or threatening to revoke some journalists’ press credentials and national security clearances. PEN America, ...
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Add CNN to the list of news organizations being sued by the Trump campaign. This latest lawsuit claims that a June 13, 2019 CNN.com opinion piece from Larry Noble is defamatory, because it claims ...
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The Dave Crawley saga continues to wind its way through Western Pennsylvania courts. The veteran KDKA reporter (31 years) who has been MIA since he was injured in a stunt during Pittsburgh’s Three Rivers ...
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Less than a week before a North Carolina judicial election, a Mecklenburg County judge went to court to block a tv news story that she believed would cause “irreparable harm” to her re-election. It ...