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US jury orders Rudy Giuliani to pay $148M in defamation case

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A US federal jury Friday ordered former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani to pay $148M in damages to Ruby Freeman and Wandrea Mossin after accusing the two women of tampering with Georgia’s 2020 presidential election results. Freeman and Moss were volunteer election workers in Georgia during the 2020 election.

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Compensatory damages equal to amount plaintiff paid for home affirmed in fraud case.

Day on Torts

The jury found defendant liable for intentional misrepresentation and awarded plaintiff $243,000 in compensatory damages, which was the purchase price of the home, and $250,000 in punitive damages. The jury also awarded plaintiff punitive damages in this case. internal citation omitted). Code Ann. § Code Ann. §

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Depp-Heard Verdict Contains Relatively Rare Defamation-by-Counsel Liability

JonathanTurley

While this case will likely be studied for years, the one verdict in favor of Heard is itself notable because it was based on defamation by counsel — a lesson for lawyers in defending their clients in public. In April 27, 2020, Waldman told the U.K. Daily Mail: ”Quite simply this was an ambush, a hoax.

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Deadspin Defamation: Parents of Holden Armenta Move Toward Libel Action Over Blackface Allegation

JonathanTurley

The letter was sent by the new lawyer for Holden and his parents Shannon and Raul Armenta. If a full and effective retraction is issued (and published as prominently as the offending statement), it can limit damages or bar punitive damages entirely in some states. It also turns out that he is Native American. Forbes, Inc.,

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“A Stain on Our Democracy”: Vindman Sues Donald Trump Jr., Rudy Giuliani and Others for Witness Intimidation

JonathanTurley

It also seeks nominal, compensatory, consequential, and punitive damages; and attorneys’ fees and costs. Vindman does not sue former President Trump while detailing how these individuals were clearly acting with his knowledge (citing Michael Cohen, Trump’s former lawyer and now Trump’s vehement enemy).