JURIST

JANUARY 19, 2025

CNN reached a legal settlement with a security contractor on Friday after the Florida First District Court of Appeal ruled the network liable for defamation. The Court of Appeal upheld the trial court’s decision, awarding Young and his company Nemex Enterprises $5 million in compensatory damages.

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JURIST

MAY 22, 2022

million to a US Army veteran for alleged hearing damage that resulted from using the company’s military-issue earplugs. The US District Court for the Northern District of Florida Pensacola Division heard the case , with Judge Casey Rodgers presiding. million in punitive damages. to pay USD 77.5

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 16, 2024

Worse yet, the court appears to have questioned the veracity of the host in a sworn deposition on his lack of knowledge over the financial subject matter of the deposition. CNN recently lost a recent major ruling when the court found that there was evidence of malice by CNN to support the higher standard needed for defamation.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Federal Court in Rhode Island Allowed Failure-to-Adapt Claims to Proceed. The federal district court for the District of Rhode Island for the most part denied a motion to dismiss a citizen suit asserting that Shell Oil Products US and other defendants (Shell) failed to prepare a terminal in Providence for the impacts of climate change.

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JURIST

AUGUST 28, 2021

Last month, Paul Hodgkins of Florida became the first felon to be sentenced for his role in the US Capitol storming. He was sentenced to eight months in prison and ordered to pay $2,000 in restitution for damages caused to buildings.

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