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CNN Losses Another Motion in Defamation Case as Court Orders Tapper to Appear

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The litigation has not been going well for the network and it just lost another key motion to block an effort to depose Jake Tapper. Judge Roberts found that “Young sufficiently proffered evidence of actual malice, express malice, and a level of conduct outrageous enough to open the door for him to seek punitive damages.”

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November 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Vermont Court Said Former Attorney General Could Be Deposed on Use of Private Email Account. Jacobson demanded damages from Clack and NAS “to be determined at trial believed to be in excess of Ten Million Dollars,” plus punitive damages and attorney fees. Jacobson v. National Academy of Sciences , No.

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