Gawker ordered to pay $115 million in hulk hogan case. (RIP Gawker)

**Quicklet** · 2016-08-22 20:50

Hogan's lawyers who are also representing Melania Trump are now threatening to sue The Daily Mail, Politico, The Week, and several other outlets for reporting on Melania's immigration status and possible ties to escort services.

**Serra** · 2016-08-23 00:29

Follow-up point -- can Obama hire them to sue Trump for alleging he's not a citizen?

Can Hilldog hire them to sue Trump for alleging she's in poor health?

**Blubbartron** · 2016-08-23 01:59

Originally Posted by Serra

Follow-up point -- can Obama hire them to sue Trump for alleging he's not a citizen?

Can Hilldog hire them to sue Trump for alleging she's in poor health?

Funny, but surely you're not asserting that a media corporation should be legally equivalent to a single individual. There's a reason that slander and libel are different things.

**Serra** · 2016-08-23 02:12

Fox News then?

**Quicklet** · 2016-08-23 03:06

Originally Posted by Serra

Fox News then?

Fox News has other problems to worry about right now...

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer...complaint.html

BuzzFeed reported earlier that Tantaros had also accused “four Fox News male personalities — two on-air contributors, a correspondent, and a host” of sexual harassment. Apparently one of those personalities was the O’Reilly Factor host; The Times reports, “Tantaros said she had been subjected to unwelcome advances from Mr. O’Reilly, whom she had regarded as a friend and adviser.”

**Salodin** · 2016-08-23 08:13

Originally Posted by Quicklet

Hogan's lawyers who are also representing Melania Trump are now threatening to sue The Daily Mail, Politico, The Week, and several other outlets for reporting on Melania's immigration status and possible ties to escort services.

They can threaten all they want, that case and Hogan's case are entirely different.

**Quicklet** · 2016-08-23 08:48

You're right. While Hogan's case will be overturned, if Melania tries to sue any of the US based publications it will be laughed out of court outright.

For one thing, she can't cherry pick a judge in a location where she's hailed as a hometown hero, unlike Hogan.

**Salodin** · 2016-08-23 08:50

Every one in this thread needs to go on a low sodium diet.

**Gryffes** · 2016-08-28 05:21

Hulks got no chill.

http://archive.is/SYn6D

**Quicklet** · 2016-09-05 18:24

http://money.cnn.com/2016/09/05/medi...der/index.html

Same lawyer that represented Hogan against Gawker is now suing The Daily Mail on behalf of Melania Trump and theatening to sue NYMag for reporting on Roger Ailes' history of sexual harassment.

**NynJa** · 2016-09-05 18:35

Dude got lucky once, hes probably not gonna get lucky a second time, and no chance for a third time.

Dudes just being greedy and its gonna fuck him over.

**Fiye** · 2016-09-05 21:56

Should I just rename the thread "Republicans hate your first amendment rights (RIP Gawker)"?

**arus2001** · 2016-09-06 08:33

Dixie Chicks would agree.

**Fiye** · 2016-09-10 07:40

Hey guys shit's not over.

http://gizmodo.com/univision-executi...-po-1786466510

Univision voted to deleted six posts (2 on Gizmodo, 1 on Jezebel, 3 on Deadspin. A 7th is still being deliberated)

Felipe and Jay explained that they proposed deleting those seven posts because they are currently the subject of active litigation against Gawker Media, and that Unimoda had been authorized only to purchase the assets, and not the liabilities, of the company. Though the posts were published by Gawker Media, and therefore under the so-called “first publication rule” should only be the legal responsibility of the Gawker Media estate being left behind in the transaction, Unimoda’s legal analysis was that the continued publication of the posts under the new entitity would constitute the adoption of liability, and that Unimoda is therefore obligated to delete them. Felipe and Jay represented to me that their decision to propose deletion of the posts was purely a function of the terms of the transaction, and that Univision and Unimoda are committed to defending our journalism against any future legal threats or attacks.

Apparently Univision might be liable because they host the website that contains the long forgotten posts.

**Quicklet** · 2016-09-10 09:03

Apparently Univision might be liable because they host the website that contains the long forgotten posts.

There is no legal precedent for this and it's absolutely shameful that we're seeing this kind of chilling effect as a consequence of the Gawker trial. Removing the posts about the "inventor of email" is especially bad because that guy didn't not fucking invent email.

**Fiye** · 2016-11-02 16:34

http://gizmodo.com/gawker-media-will...iti-1788495465

Gawker settled for 34 Million. Its over folks.

**dasva** · 2016-11-02 17:10

Idk this article suggests it might not be over... while it tries to also poke the bear and pretend Gawker did nothing wrong. Given how much of a dick Thiel is I could definitely see him trying something next opportunity he gets. Well assuming they give him more than just the jabs in this article

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