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Former Walker Campaign Worker Sues Matt Schlapp for Defamation. Anonymously

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All of this will now be hashed out in a Virginia courthouse. After all, Doe is demanding millions in damages for “suffered damages, including without limitation embarrassment, humiliation, distress, and reputational harm.” All three statements are false, and the latter statement is false and defamatory.

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November 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The court also dismissed defamation and related state tort claims. Murray Energy also moved in the federal district court for the Northern District of West Virginia to amend the order of dismissal with prejudice issued by the court on October 2, 2017. West Virginia v. 15-1363 (D.C. EPA status report Oct. Jacobson v.

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The “Royal We” Provision: Newly Released Settlement Favors Prince Andrew as One of Epstein’s “Other Defendants”

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The civil litigation between Prince Andrew and Virginia Giuffre (née Roberts) just took a “Big Lebowski” turn. In the movie, there is a scene “The Dude” is pressed on what happened to a million dollars in a suitcase. He insists “We dropped off the damn money…” When the Big Lebowski asks “We?,”