defamation lawsuits
| 7:15PM 12/02/2010
A Los Angeles Superior Court judge has ordered Dole Food to pay $200,000 in attorney's fees for a Swedish documentary-film producer it had previously sued for defamation. The judge concluded the documentary, which chronicled Dole's treatment of its Nicaraguan workers, wasn't defamatory.
| 3:00PM 5/18/2009
New York Times reporter Timothy O'Brien's 2005 book TrumpNation took a skeptical look at Donald Trump and his empire, asserting that Trump is worth between $150 million and $200 million -- a small fraction of the $5 billion net worth Trump claims.
Donald Trump was none too pleased. In fact, he sued...