[ad_1] A lawyer representing Vernon Unsworth called Elon Musk a “billionaire bully,” and sought up to $190 million in damages but a jury decided in his favor anyway. They ruled that his series of tweets last year that referenced Unsworth as a “pedo guy” and promised a “signed dollar” if it was true were not […]
Category: defamation
Huawei is suing French critics who say it’s tied to the Chinese state
[ad_1] Huawei said it’s only suing over claims that it is controlled by the Chinese state and that is using its expertise to commit acts of espionage. “These statements are false,” it added. The claims come at a delicate time, however, as France recently enacted new legislation dubbed the “Huawei Law.” That will allow any […]
Judge refuses to block the release of ‘The Laundromat’ on Netflix
[ad_1] Netflix filed an opposition to the claim, and in a statement, the company said: “This lawsuit was a frivolous legal stunt designed to censor creative expression. Steven Soderbergh’s film tells an important story about the exploitation of innocent people and the misuse of the world’s financial system. Fortunately, you can now watch The Laundromat […]
The Panama Papers lawyers want to stop Netflix’s ‘The Laundromat’
[ad_1] The Steven Soderbergh movie stars Meryl Streep as a widow investigating an insurance fraud and chasing leads to the Panama City law firm Mossack Fonseca. As you may remember, that firm had 2.6 terabytes of its data leaked, sparking the Panama Papers scandal. That was one of the largest data leaks in history, and […]
Elon Musk will go to court over ‘pedo guy’ comments
[ad_1] Elon Musk hasn’t had success avoiding a trial over his accusations that cave rescue diver Vernon Unsworth was a “pedo guy.” Judge Stephen Wilson has determined that the defamation lawsuit is strong enough to go to trial, with the court battle due to start on October 22nd. While Musk’s attorneys argued that he was […]