Defamation
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Indigenous identity researcher ordered to pay $70,000 in defamation suitA leading researcher on Indigenous identity fraud has been ordered to pay damages and legal fees in a defamation suit filed by a University of Regina academic.CanadaMar 21
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Trump’s US$92 million bond approved in E. Jean Carroll defamation caseThe bond offered by the Republican 2024 presidential front-runner comes after Trump’s lawyers announced they were appealing the verdict to the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.U.S. NewsMar 12, 2024
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‘Pure nightmare’: Montreal-based musician wins $1.5 million in defamation lawsuitMontreal musician Frédérik Durand, who performs under the name Snails, has been awarded $1.5 million in a defamation lawsuit against a California Instagrammer.CrimeMar 12, 2024
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Rudy Giuliani seeks bankruptcy after order to pay $148M in defamation caseIn a filing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New York, Giuliani said he had between $100 million and $500 million in liabilities and $1 million to $10 million in assets.U.S. NewsDec 21, 2023
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Rudy Giuliani must pay US$148M to 2 former election workers for defamation: juryThe jury said Rudy Giuliani must pay two former Georgia election workers he defamed through false accusations that they helped rig the 2020 election against Donald Trump.U.S. NewsDec 15, 2023
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Judge rejects Trump bid for new trial in E. Jean Carroll abuse caseKaplan said the unanimous May 9 verdict was "almost entirely in favor of Ms. Carroll," and neither a "seriously erroneous result" nor a "miscarriage of justice."U.S. NewsJul 19, 2023
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Trump request to toss out E. Jean Carroll’s defamation suit rejected by judgeTrump countersued Carroll this week, claiming that she has libeled him by continuing to insist that he raped her even after a jury found otherwise.U.S. NewsJun 29, 2023
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U.S. court rules CBC must face defamation lawsuit by WE CharityWE Charity became a household name in Canada after being embroiled in a 2020 political scandal implicating Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.CanadaJun 28, 2023
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Former premier Jason Kenney loses attempt to have Alberta inquiry defamation lawsuit thrown outThe Court of King's Bench judge said it was perfectly clear to whom Kenney was referring when he commented on the findings of the so-called anti-Alberta activities inquiry in 2021.PoliticsMay 25, 2023
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Google ordered to pay $500K to Quebec man over links to false pedophilia accusationsGoogle, which is headquartered in California, argued that Quebec defamation law didn't apply to the case and that under U.S. law it had no obligation to remove the link.CanadaApr 19, 2023
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