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A Chicago lawyer who alleged he was defamed by a comment to a Jezebel blog story may pursue his claim because he alleged blog employees, rather than readers, helped create and develop at least some of the comments.The Chicago-based 7th U.S. Circuit Court reinstated lawyer Meanith Huon’s defamation claim in a decision Nov. 14 decision (PDF), Law.com (sub. req.) reports. Jezebel was owned by Gawker Media at the time.Huon had sued over a Jezebel blog post with the initial headline, “Acquitted Rapist Sues Blog for Calling Him Serial Rapist.” The headline was later changed to read, “Man Acquitted of Sexual Assault Sues Blog for Calling Him a Serial Rapist.”The Jezebel article was about Huon’s defamation suit against Above the Law for its reporting on his rape acquittal. In 2014, U.S. District Judge John Tharp of the Northern District of Illinois dismissed all of the claims against Jezebel and some of the claims against Above the Law. Above the Law settled … [Read more...] about 7th Circuit reinstates lawyer’s defamation suit over Jezebel blog comment

Former White House counsel Greg Craig surprised observers when he announced that he would be joining Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom rather than return to Williams & Connolly, where he had spent 30 years.According to the Washingtonian’s Capital Comment blog, it’s rare for Williams & Connolly partners to leave the firm that is more exclusive than the Alfalfa Club. “It’s nearly impossible to gain membership in the top tier of the prominent D.C. litigation firm,” the blog says, “and once lawyers do get in, they almost never leave.”Williams & Connolly has hired only one lateral partner in 20 years, the blog says. The firm has a policy of promoting from within, and partners are reluctant to leave their colleagues.The blog did manage to find two other lawyers who left Williams & Connolly for government service and then spent some time at other firms: Scott Blake Harris, now general counsel at the Energy Department; and … [Read more...] about Williams & Connolly Shuns Laterals and Generally Keeps Its Partners

0 LIVE ELECTION RESULTS  View Comments Tonight’s the night. Today’s primary will decide which candidates will appear on November’s ballot in dozens of statewide, regional and local races. The stakes are high. With Gov. John Hickenlooper leaving office, there’s a crowded field of candidates looking to succeed him from both major parties, as well as contested primary races for attorney general and state treasurer. There also are contested primaries for six of Colorado’s seven congressional seats and 18 of its legislative districts. And for the first time, unaffiliated Coloradans are voting in what promises to be a wild primary — and no one knows for sure what impact they’ll have on the results until after the votes are counted. Colorado Politics will be live-blogging results, reactions from politicos and notes from our reporters in the field as they stream in. Follow this page for continuous updates 7:44 p.m.  Moments after being … [Read more...] about Colorado primary election night blog: Walker Stapleton declared Republican gubernatorial primary winner

An NBC announcement this week that the network is suspending Nightly News anchor Brian Williams without pay for six months for embellishing an account of his Iraq war coverage in 2003 isn’t just having an impact on viewers.Fellow NBC News employees have been given until Friday to confirm in writing that they have reviewed the network’s 83-page policy manual, NBCUniversal News Group Policies and Guidelines, reports the Robert Feder blog.It defines accuracy, the blog post notes, as “ensuring all of the facts are correct and presenting them in their proper context. Accuracy and fairness are fundamental principles of journalism. As we routinely rely on information and pictures coming from other traditional and nontraditional sources, we must verify their accuracy and authenticity and ensure fairness, because we are responsible for everything we air or publish.”An investigation by NBC is ongoing to determine whether Williams may have exaggerated the facts in other … [Read more...] about NBC staffers are told to review news policy manual after Brian Williams is put on leave