Delaware Superior Court

Bragar Eagel & Squire, P.C. Is Investigating Fox, Hayward Holdings, and Bowlero and Encourages Investors to Contact the Firm

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Thursday, June 15, 2023

Our investigations concern whether these companies have violated the federal securities laws and/or engaged in other unlawful business practices.

Key Points: 
  • Our investigations concern whether these companies have violated the federal securities laws and/or engaged in other unlawful business practices.
  • In November and December of 2020, Fox News broadcasted reports stating that the U.S. election was rigged.
  • Fox News specifically called out Smartmatic and Dominion Voting Systems, voting technology and software companies, for their alleged involvement in rigging the election.
  • Hayward Holdings further disclosed that it was reducing its 2022 guidance to reflect this inventory reduction.

HAGENS BERMAN, NATIONAL TRIAL ATTORNEYS, Encourages Fox Corporation (FOX, FOXA) Shareholders to Contact Firm, Firm Investigating Claims for Knowingly Exposing FOX to Substantial Liability for False Reporting, Tucker Carlson Out After $787M Settlement Anno

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Monday, May 22, 2023

31, 2022, a Delaware Superior Court judge ruled that the $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit Dominion Voting brought against Fox News and Fox Corp. will go to trial in April.

Key Points: 
  • 31, 2022, a Delaware Superior Court judge ruled that the $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit Dominion Voting brought against Fox News and Fox Corp. will go to trial in April.
  • Hagens Berman is investigating claims on behalf of shareholders and investors based on Fox’s admittedly knowing false news reporting, including that by Fox News’ highest-rated prime time host (Tucker Carlson), while recklessly exposing Fox Corporation to substantial liability for defamation of Dominion Voting Systems.
  • 18, 2023), Dominion announced that Fox agreed to pay $787 million to settle Dominion’s claims against it.
  • “We are focused on whether Fox knowingly published false news and the impact on its business and reputation,” said Reed Kathrein, the Hagens Berman partner leading the investigation.

Judge Appoints Four Attorneys to Lead 77,000 Zantac Cancer Cases in Delaware

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Wednesday, May 17, 2023

Judge Vivian L. Medinilla named Wisner and three others to the leadership position in a Case Management Order that applies to all Zantac (generic: ranitidine) cancer cases currently pending in the Superior Court of the State of Delaware.

Key Points: 
  • Judge Vivian L. Medinilla named Wisner and three others to the leadership position in a Case Management Order that applies to all Zantac (generic: ranitidine) cancer cases currently pending in the Superior Court of the State of Delaware.
  • "We look forward to presenting evidence at trial that Zantac causes cancer, and that the defendants have known about the risks for decades."
  • More than 77,000 people have Zantac lawsuits pending in Delaware state court alleging the widely used heartburn drug contains a known carcinogen called N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA).
  • The trial will be closely followed as the allegations in Mr. Goetz's case share many similarities to cases filed in Delaware.

Bragar Eagel & Squire, P.C. Is Investigating Fox, Cutera, and Relmada and Encourages Investors to Contact the Firm

Retrieved on: 
Monday, May 15, 2023

Our investigations concern whether these companies have violated the federal securities laws and/or engaged in other unlawful business practices.

Key Points: 
  • Our investigations concern whether these companies have violated the federal securities laws and/or engaged in other unlawful business practices.
  • In November and December of 2020, Fox News broadcasted reports stating that the U.S. election was rigged.
  • Fox News specifically called out Smartmatic and Dominion Voting Systems, voting technology and software companies, for their alleged involvement in rigging the election.
  • Both companies have sued Fox for defamation and other claims based on defendants' actions.

HAGENS BERMAN, NATIONAL TRIAL ATTORNEYS, Encourages Fox Corporation (FOX, FOXA) Shareholders to Contact Firm, Firm Investigating Claims for Knowingly Exposing FOX to Substantial Liability for False Reporting, Tucker Carlson Out After $787M Settlement Anno

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Tuesday, May 2, 2023

31, 2022, a Delaware Superior Court judge ruled that the $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit Dominion Voting brought against Fox News and Fox Corp. will go to trial in April.

Key Points: 
  • 31, 2022, a Delaware Superior Court judge ruled that the $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit Dominion Voting brought against Fox News and Fox Corp. will go to trial in April.
  • Hagens Berman is investigating claims on behalf of shareholders and investors based on Fox’s admittedly knowing false news reporting, including that by Fox News’ highest-rated prime time host (Tucker Carlson), while recklessly exposing Fox Corporation to substantial liability for defamation of Dominion Voting Systems.
  • 18, 2023), Dominion announced that Fox agreed to pay $787 million to settle Dominion’s claims against it.
  • “We are focused on whether Fox knowingly published false news and the impact on its business and reputation,” said Reed Kathrein, the Hagens Berman partner leading the investigation.

Bragar Eagel & Squire, P.C. Is Investigating Fox, Ascendis, and Shift4 and Encourages Investors to Contact the Firm

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Saturday, April 29, 2023

Our investigations concern whether these companies have violated the federal securities laws and/or engaged in other unlawful business practices.

Key Points: 
  • Our investigations concern whether these companies have violated the federal securities laws and/or engaged in other unlawful business practices.
  • Additional information about each case can be found at the link provided.
  • In November and December of 2020, Fox News broadcasted reports stating that the U.S. election was rigged.
  • Fox News specifically called out Smartmatic and Dominion Voting Systems, voting technology and software companies, for their alleged involvement in rigging the election.

HAGENS BERMAN, NATIONAL TRIAL ATTORNEYS, Encourages Fox Corporation (FOX, FOXA) Shareholders to Contact Firm, Firm Investigating Claims for Knowingly Exposing FOX to Substantial Liability for False Reporting, Tucker Carlson Out After $787M Settlement Anno

Retrieved on: 
Tuesday, April 25, 2023

31, 2022, a Delaware Superior Court judge ruled that the $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit Dominion Voting brought against Fox News and Fox Corp. will go to trial in April.

Key Points: 
  • 31, 2022, a Delaware Superior Court judge ruled that the $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit Dominion Voting brought against Fox News and Fox Corp. will go to trial in April.
  • Hagens Berman is investigating claims on behalf of shareholders and investors based on Fox’s admittedly knowing false news reporting, including that by Fox News’ highest-rated prime time host (Tucker Carlson), while recklessly exposing Fox Corporation to substantial liability for defamation of Dominion Voting Systems.
  • 18, 2023), Dominion announced that Fox agreed to pay $787 million to settle Dominion’s claims against it.
  • “We are focused on whether Fox knowingly published false news and the impact on its business and reputation,” said Reed Kathrein, the Hagens Berman partner leading the investigation.

Bragar Eagel & Squire, P.C. Is Investigating Fox, Charles River, Provident, and Sarepta and Encourages Investors to Contact the Firm

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Tuesday, April 18, 2023

Our investigations concern whether these companies have violated the federal securities laws and/or engaged in other unlawful business practices.

Key Points: 
  • Our investigations concern whether these companies have violated the federal securities laws and/or engaged in other unlawful business practices.
  • In November and December of 2020, Fox News broadcasted reports stating that the U.S. election was rigged.
  • Fox News specifically called out Smartmatic and Dominion Voting Systems, voting technology and software companies, for their alleged involvement in rigging the election.
  • On this news, shares of Charles River fell by as much as 15% in intraday trading on the same day.

HAGENS BERMAN, NATIONAL TRIAL ATTORNEYS, Encourages Fox Corporation (FOX, FOXA) Shareholders to Contact Firm, Firm Investigating Claims for Knowingly Exposing FOX to Substantial Liability for False Reporting

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Monday, April 17, 2023

SAN FRANCISCO, April 17, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Hagens Berman urges Fox Corporation (NASDAQ: FOX, FOXA) long term shareholders, or investors who purchased FOX securities and suffered losses, to contact the Firm and provide information on your trades.

Key Points: 
  • SAN FRANCISCO, April 17, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Hagens Berman urges Fox Corporation (NASDAQ: FOX, FOXA) long term shareholders, or investors who purchased FOX securities and suffered losses, to contact the Firm and provide information on your trades.
  • Hagens Berman is investigating claims on behalf of shareholders and investors based on Fox’s admittedly knowing false news reporting while recklessly exposing Fox Corporation to substantial liability for defamation of Dominion Voting Systems.
  • “We are focused on whether Fox knowingly published false news and the impact on its business and reputation,” said Reed Kathrein, the Hagens Berman partner leading the investigation.
  • Whistleblowers: Persons with non-public information regarding Fox Corporation should consider their options to help in the investigation or take advantage of the SEC Whistleblower program.

Defamation is at the heart of Dominion's lawsuit against Fox News – but proving it is no small feat

Retrieved on: 
Monday, April 17, 2023

The aftershocks of the 2020 presidential election continue to reverberate in politics and the media, building to an crescendo in a high-profile defamation lawsuit.

Key Points: 
  • The aftershocks of the 2020 presidential election continue to reverberate in politics and the media, building to an crescendo in a high-profile defamation lawsuit.
  • The trial is slated to begin the week of April 16, 2023, in the case of U.S. Dominion, Inc. v. Fox News Network.
  • The lawsuit rests on whether false claims Fox hosts and their guests made about Dominion’s voting machines after President Joe Biden was elected were defamatory.
  • Fox News hosts said on air that that there were “voting irregularities” with Dominion’s voting machines – while privately saying that such claims were baseless.

Understanding defamation

    • Defamation happens when someone publishes or publicly broadcasts falsehoods about a person or a corporation in a way that harms their reputation to the point of damage.
    • Defamation plaintiffs can be private, ordinary people who must prove the reporting was done with negligence to win their suit.
    • The ultimate defense against defamation is truth, but there are others.

Proving actual malice

    • The primary question for the jury will be whether Fox broadcasters knew the statements were false when they aired them.
    • If they did, it would mean they acted with actual malice, the standard required to prove a case of defamation for a public person, entity or figure.
    • The U.S. Supreme Court established actual malice as a legal criterion of defamation in 1964 when L.B.
    • Sullivan, a police commissioner in Alabama, felt his reputation had been harmed by a civil rights ad run in The New York Times that contained several inaccuracies.

Why proving defamation is so hard

    • It is incredibly hard to prove in court that someone set out do harm in publishing facts that are ultimately proved to be untrue.
    • Most times, falsehoods in a story are the result of insufficient information at the time of reporting.
    • This happened when Rolling Stone magazine published an article in 2014 about the gang rape of a student at the University of Virginia.

Not meeting the malice standard

    • There are also some recent examples of a defamation lawsuit’s not meeting the actual malice standard.
    • The jury said the information might be inaccurate, but she had not proved actual malice standard.
    • It is so difficult for public figures to meet the actual malice standard and prove defamation that most defamation defendants spend most of their legal preparation time trying to prove they are not actually in the public eye.

Defamation cases that went ahead

    • Some public figures, however, have prevailed in proving defamation.
    • Most recently, Cardi B won a defamation lawsuit against a celebrity news blogger who posted videos falsely stating the Grammy-winning rapper used cocaine, had herpes and took part in prostitution.

The case of Dominion

    • Whether Dominion can prove actual malice is up for the jury to decide, but Fox pundits have helped the plaintiff’s case by acknowledging they knew information was false before they aired it and leaving a copious trail of comments such as, “this dominion stuff is total bs.” Fox’s position is that despite knowing claims made by guests about Dominion were false, the claims were newsworthy.
    • The decision could send quivers through the political media landscape for years to come.