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A look at the lawyers using defamation lawsuits to fight political disinformation with a focus on key spreaders, like Alex Jones (Elizabeth Williamson/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/31/us/politics/defamation-lawsuits-michae…

The Lawyers Using Defamation Lawsuits to Address Political Disinformation
Michael J. Gottlieb is part of a cadre of lawyers deploying defamation, one of the oldest areas of the law, against a tide of political disinformation.

NYTimes: From Pizzagate to the 2020 Election: Forcing Liars to Pay or Apologize
From Pizzagate to the 2020 Election: Forcing Liars to Pay or Apologize https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/31/us/politics/defamation-lawsu…

The Lawyers Using Defamation Lawsuits to Address Political Disinformation
Michael J. Gottlieb is part of a cadre of lawyers deploying defamation, one of the oldest areas of the law, against a tide of political disinformation.

The Lawyers Using Defamation Lawsuits to Address Political Disinformation - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/31/us/politics/defamation-lawsuits-michael-gottlieb.html

The Lawyers Using Defamation Lawsuits to Address Political Disinformation
Michael J. Gottlieb is part of a cadre of lawyers deploying defamation, one of the oldest areas of the law, against a tide of political disinformation.

"We’re in a little bit like the Wild West — a lawless space,” said Ian Bassin, a co-founder of 🔸Protect Democracy🔸
Lawyers, he said, have turned to #defamation, which is legally defined as 💥any false information, either published, broadcast or spoken, that harms the reputation of a person, business or organization💥.
👉“It’s one of the most effective and only strategies for dealing with …

The Lawyers Using Defamation Lawsuits to Address Political Disinformation
Michael J. Gottlieb is part of a cadre of lawyers deploying defamation, one of the oldest areas of the law, against a tide of political disinformation.

Trump Says He's Too Rich To Post Bond In Carroll Defamation Case (Liz Dye/Above the Law)
https://abovethelaw.com/2024/02/trump-says-hes-too-rich-to-post-bond-in-carroll-defamation-case/
http://www.memeorandum.com/240226/p92#a240226p92

Here's another someone I've been happily hearing less of in recent times.
https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2024/02/15/defamation-action-by-journalist-against-john-waters-to-be-heard…

Defamation action by journalist against John Waters to be heard in April
Dublin Circuit Civil Court told action was over alleged comments made at annual conference of Renua Ireland in November 2017

Here's another someone I've been happily hearing less of in recent times.
https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2024/02/15/defamation-action-by-journalist-against-john-waters-to-be-heard…

Defamation action by journalist against John Waters to be heard in April
Dublin Circuit Civil Court told action was over alleged comments made at annual conference of Renua Ireland in November 2017

LOL. Federal jurisdiction is federal. How does a lawyer actively practicing in Federal courts not understand such basics? I wonder whether a fugitive lawyer has ever been arrested this way before? https://masto.ai/@Nonilex/112119662014988464