A Connecticut jury has begun hearing arguments about how much money conspiracy theorist Alex Jones should pay relatives of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting for calling the massacre a hoax.

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Plaintiff filed suit against defendant, alleging that defendant published false and defamatory statements regarding a criminal complaint filed against plaintiff’s former fleet manager, charging him with theft by swindle. The district court dismissed plaintiff’s complaint, ruling that plaintiff was a ...

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A St. Louis attorney secured a $3.2 million settlement for two officials at a financial company, as well as the expungement of defamatory information in their industry records. David B. Cosgrove of the Cosgrove Law Group said his clients were ...

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Lovelace v. Van Tine (MLW No. 71543/Case No. ED105929 – 6 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Gaertner Jr., J.)

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Buckley v. Ray (MLW No. 70187/Case No. 15-3656 – 18 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Shepherd, J.)

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Ventura v. Kyle (MLW No. 69292/Case No. 14-3876 – 26 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Riley, J.)

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Elkharwily v. Mayo Holding Company (MLW No. 69199/Case No. 15-1492 – 14 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam)

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Personal animosity between a now-former Raymond James Financial Services Inc. branch manager near Baltimore, Maryland, and his ex-friend and ex-business partner has turned into a $600,000 arbitration award.

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A petition seeking damages for libel and libel per se has been filed by three of the four people who received letters from the Fox School District last year warning them to curtail alleged “threats, defamation and harassment.”

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KMOV fired Larry Conners on May 15.

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Bauer v. 7-Eleven, Inc. (MLW No. 64403/Case No. ED97989 – 8 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Clayton III, J.)

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