Lachlan Murdoch’s legal team loses bid to have parts of Crikey’s defamation defence dismissed

Australian independent publisher’s application to strike out parts of Murdoch’s reply also failed ahead of defamation trialFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastLachlan Murdoch’s application to have parts of Crikey’s defence about Fox News’s role in the January 6 riot dismissed has failed in a pre-trial hearing in the federal court.In August the co-chair of News Corp filed proceedings for defamation against the Australian independent news site over an article by its politics editor, Bernard Keane, headlined “Trump is a confirmed unhinged traitor. And Murdoch is his unindicted co-conspirator”.Sign up for our free morning newsletter and afternoon email to get your daily news roundup Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

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Former BBC technology chief to take legal action over DMI dismissal

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Apple loses motion to dismiss ebook antitrust suit

Apple was unable to have an antitrust lawsuit over the price of ebooks dismissed. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

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Cher sets November release date for first installment of two-part memoir, 'Cher: The Memoir, Part One'

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William P. Barr’s Memoir Is Part Lawyerly Defense, Part Culture-War Diatribe

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Part Love Letter, Part Cookbook

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Lionel Shriver dismissed as contest judge after her dismissive comments about diversity in publishing

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