A federal judge has named Ohio the lead plaintiff in a class-action lawsuit that seeks to represent all Facebook investors who lost money in the wake of revelations about the company. Filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, the suit accuses Facebook of violating federal securities laws by publicly misrepresenting its…
Ohio Leads Class-Action Lawsuit Against Facebook
July 30, 2022
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Lack of Fairness, Reasons Prompts Federal Court to Set Aside BC Fish Farm Phase-Out
A Federal Court judge has set aside a Department of Fisheries order that would have phased out fish farming in British Columbia’s Discovery Islands. Federal Court Judge Elizabeth Heneghan says in a decision issued April 22 that the order made in late 2020 by then-fisheries minister Bernadette Jordan breached the right to procedural fairness owed…
Jury Convicts All Three Officers in Second George Floyd Trial
ST PAUL, Minnesota—Three former police officers, charged with violating George Floyd’s civil rights by not aiding him the day he was murdered by fellow officer Derek Chauvin, were convicted by a jury in federal court on Feb. 24. The trio, J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane, and Tou Thao, all officers from the Minneapolis Police Department,…
Jury Convicts All 3 Officers in Second George Floyd Trial
ST PAUL, Minnesota—Three former police officers, charged with violating George Floyd’s civil rights by not aiding him the day he was murdered by fellow officer Derek Chauvin, were convicted by a jury in federal court on Feb. 24. The trio, J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane, and Tou Thao, all officers from the Minneapolis Police Department,…
Jury Decides in Favor of New York Times in Sarah Palin’s Defamation Lawsuit
February 15, 2022
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NEW YORK—After roughly 15 hours of deliberation over three days, the jury in the Sarah Palin v. The New York Times trial delivered a verdict of “not liable” on Feb. 15, giving the newspaper a victory. Since the verdict in the defamation trial was not in Palin’s favor, there was no monetary figure attached for…
NYT Wins Motion to Potentially Override Any Jury Verdict in Palin Defamation Suit
NEW YORK—Judge Jed Rakoff struck Sarah Palin, a Republican, with a fatal punch to her defamation lawsuit against The New York Times on Feb. 14 when he ruled in favor of a motion by the defense that essentially nullifies a jury’s verdict in her favor should it come back with one. Officially known as Federal…
NY Times Wins Motion to Potentially Override Any Jury Verdict in Palin Defamation Suit
NEW YORK—Judge Jed Rakoff struck a blow to former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s defamation lawsuit against The New York Times on Feb. 14 when he ruled in favor of a motion by the defense that essentially nullifies a jury’s verdict in her favor should it come back with one. Officially known as Federal Rule of…
Closing Arguments in Palin v. NYT Trial
NEW YORK—Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin spent her 58th birthday listening to a closing argument by one of her attorneys, as well as one from the defense, in her defamation trial with The New York Times on Feb. 11. Her lawyer, Kenneth Turkel, said as a public figure, Palin, a Republican, “suffered plenty of jokes,…
Twitter Storm Surprised NYT Editor Who Says He Was ‘Upset and Confused’
NEW YORK—James Bennet, The New York Times editor with the final word on the editorial at the heart of the newspaper’s defamation lawsuit by former Alaska governor Sarah Palin (R), testified in federal court on Feb. 9 that soon after it was posted on the newspaper’s website on June 14, 2017, he read criticisms of…
NYT Editor Was ‘Concerned’ and ‘Confused’ About Palin Editorial
NEW YORK—Two top editors from The New York Times testified in its libel trial brought on by former Alaska governor Sarah Palin (R) in federal court on Feb. 8. Linda Cohn, the junior of the two, said she had voiced her concerns about the editorial at the heart of the lawsuit after reading a draft…
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