Jesse SchecknerMarch 22, 2023
13min0
Support fell along party lines, with Democrats dissenting.
Tag: libel
Jesse SchecknerMarch 22, 2023
Associated PressMarch 6, 2023
16min0
The Dominion lawsuit could overturn precedent in libel laws as the Legislature considers a defamation bill.
Associated PressJune 1, 2022
3min0
Testimony during the six-week trial has included lurid details of their short and volatile marriage.
Jacob OglesJanuary 9, 2020
6min1223
He's seeking $10 million.
Jim RosicaAugust 22, 2018
6min332
A Tallahassee judge now controls the political fate of Democratic candidate for Attorney General Ryan Torrens. Circuit Judge Karen Gievers held a bench trial Wednesday on whether to disqualify the Tampa attorney. For now, the Tampa consumer affairs attorney faces state Rep. Sean Shaw – also a Tampa lawyer – in next Tuesday’s primary election. Gievers did not say […]
Jim RosicaAugust 20, 2018
5min836
I’ll drop mine if you drop yours, Ryan Torrens told Sean Shaw on Sunday night. Lawsuit, that is. Torrens, a Democratic candidate for Florida Attorney General, sprang a Sunday night surprise on Shaw, his primary opponent and a Tampa state representative. “Let’s both agree to drop our lawsuits – right now – and instead of meeting in a […]
Jim RosicaAugust 15, 20185min337
Democratic candidate for Attorney General Ryan Torrens has countersued primary opponent Sean Shaw for libel, saying Shaw injured his “reputation in the legal profession and as a candidate for public office.” Shaw sued first last month to have Torrens kicked off the ballot, alleging the Tampa lawyer only qualified to run because of an “illegal campaign contribution” to pay the […]
Scott PowersApril 25, 2017
6min361
Saying he’d had enough and isn’t taking it anymore, Orange County Property Appraiser Rick Singh announced he’s suing to find out who was behind political action committees that ran a smear campaign against him in last year’s election. Flanked by his lawyers at Morgan & Morgan, two Orlando political heavyweights, Frank Kruppenbacher and former Judge […]
Jim RosicaMay 17, 2016
6min380
Jeff Greene‘s lawyer is berating the Tampa Bay Times over a story on its settlement of Greene’s libel suit against the newspaper. Greene, a Palm Beach billionaire, also is “demand(ing) that the Tampa Bay Times now disclose the amount publicly.” He sued the Times and the Miami Herald in 2010 but settled confidentially with both papers in […]
Staff ReportsMay 12, 20163min354
The Tampa Bay Times settled a libel suit filed against it by Palm Beach billionaire Jeff Greene, the newspaper reported Thursday. The terms of that settlement were not released. “We have been in this legal standoff for nearly six years,” Times editor Neil Brown said in a statement. “The settlement represents our insurance company’s calculation of […]