Devin Nunes's Attorney Sanctioned, Ordered to Pay CNN $21,000 For Filing 'Frivolous' Defamation L
Source: lawandcrime.com
Devin Nuness Attorney Sanctioned, Ordered to Pay CNN $21,000 For Filing Frivolous Defamation Lawsuit
Jerry Lambe May 6th, 2021, 1:00 pm
A federal judge in Maryland this week followed through on a previous warning to sanction a lawyer best known for representing Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) in a series of failed defamation lawsuits against media companies, saying the lawyers latest case against CNN was frivolous in nature.
U.S. District Judge Richard Bennet, an appointee of George W. Bush, ruled that attorney Steve Biss had unreasonably and vexatiously attempted to continue litigating a lawsuit against the news network after the case had already been dismissed with prejudice for failing to state a claim in March. Despite that ruling, Biss filed an amended complaint that the court went on to describe as nothing more than a repetition of the original complaint with no new material factual allegations.
The original complaint filed on behalf of Nuness senior aide Derek Harvey against CNN, former Rudy Giuliani business associate Lev Parnas, and Parnass attorney Joseph Bondy stemmed from a November 2020 CNN report that said Parnas was prepared to provide Congress with testimony in connection with Donald Trumps first impeachment proceeding. CNN reported that Parnas would testify, in effect, that Nunes met with former Ukrainian prosecutor Victor Shokin to discuss digging up dirt of Joe Biden.........................
Read more: https://lawandcrime.com/first-amendment/devin-nuness-attorney-sanctioned-ordered-to-pay-cnn-21000-for-filing-frivolous-defamation-lawsuit/
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BootinUp
(47,167 posts)RockRaven
(14,977 posts)And by stories I mean discrete incidents/happenings, not articles. I'm pleading with The Fates, not the journalists/editors.
ZonkerHarris
(24,232 posts)JohnnyRingo
(18,636 posts)"Yes Wolf, and speaking of annoying insects crawling out of the ground..."
ancianita
(36,110 posts)2Gingersnaps
(1,000 posts)is long overdue for his just dessert. Even his cow agrees.
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(42,578 posts)COL Mustard
(5,906 posts)If you're connected with the former guy in any way, you're done for. Karma is coming for you.
msfiddlestix
(7,284 posts)I've been meaning to ask Du community, how is it they we never hear from or about Nunes these days? Very curious to me.
I suspect, but do not know, he's under serious level investigation and that's cause for him keeping (what appears to me) a low profile these days. But maybe I've missed public and tv appearances due to my limited viewing of cable shows recently.
Javaman
(62,531 posts)robbob
(3,536 posts)Sounds like the cow might soon have competition on Twitter...
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(9,768 posts)the best he ever had.