Lawsuits
The Financial Page
How a Family Toy Business Is Fighting Donald Trump’s Tariffs
Despite securing an important court victory against the Administration, the Illinois businessman Rick Woldenberg knows that his battle with the White House is far from over.
By John Cassidy
The New Yorker Interview
We Might Have to “Shut Down the Country”
Anthony Romero, the A.C.L.U.’s executive director, talks about what he thinks could happen if the Trump Administration defies the authority of the courts.
By David Remnick
Critic’s Notebook
Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni, and the Collapse of the Hollywood #MeToo Era
The reportage that thrived in the late twenty-tens cannot break through on today’s volatile Internet, where information is misinformation and victims are offenders.
By Doreen St. Félix
News Desk
How a Scientific Dispute Spiralled Into a Defamation Lawsuit
What does a Harvard Business School professor’s decision to sue the professors who raised questions about her research bode for academic autonomy?
By Gideon Lewis-Kraus
The New Yorker Radio Hour
Preparing For Trump’s Next “Big Lie,” with the Election Lawyer Marc Elias
The Democrats’ top legal strategist in the 2020 Presidential election won nearly every lawsuit brought by Trump’s team. He explains why the threat to democracy is far greater in 2024.
Our Columnists
Why the Biden Administration Is Suing Apple and Investigating Big Grocers
A new generation of trustbusters is trying to use anti-monopoly laws to roll back concentrations of economic power.
By John Cassidy
Our Columnists
A Financial Reckoning for Donald Trump
The former President’s inability to secure a $464-million bond in his New York civil fraud case is a reminder of the deep legal and financial peril he’s in.
By John Cassidy
News Desk
Can an American Hold the United Arab Emirates Responsible for a Smear Campaign?
The U.A.E.’s rulers destroyed Hazim Nada’s business. Now he’s fighting back with a lawsuit that challenges what states can get away with outside their borders.
By David D. Kirkpatrick
Our Columnists
The Powerful New York Law That Finally Brought Trump to Book
In investigating the former President, New York’s attorney general relied on legislation passed at the behest of one of her Republican predecessors, Jacob Javits.
By John Cassidy
Daily Comment
The Real Stakes of the Google Antitrust Trial
The case, centering on Google’s dominance in the search-engine industry, will have implications that ripple throughout the tech world, and beyond.
By Sheelah Kolhatkar
Daily Comment
The Supreme Court’s Damper on the Right to Strike
In a near-unanimous opinion, the Justices made it easier for employers to sue labor unions for damages caused by a work stoppage.
By E. Tammy Kim
Annals of Education
The Parents Who Fight the City for a “Free Appropriate Public Education”
Children with disabilities have a constitutional right to accommodation in public schools. Securing those rights can bring their families to a breaking point.
By Jessica Winter
Letter from Biden’s Washington
Fox News Doesn’t Do Apologies
Rupert Murdoch may have to pay for Donald Trump’s 2020 election lies, but who’s going to reimburse American democracy?
By Susan B. Glasser
Annals of Communications
The Stunning End of Dominion’s Case Against Fox News
The voting-machine company has agreed to a seven-hundred-million-dollar settlement in its defamation suit against Rupert Murdoch’s cable news network.
By Clare Malone
Annals of Communications
What Dominion Has to Prove in Its Case Against Fox News
Did the hosts of the country’s most popular cable news network know that Trump’s lies about the election were untrue?
By Clare Malone
Satire from The Borowitz Report
Tucker Carlson Produces Doctor’s Note Claiming He Would Be Unable to Raise Right Hand in Court
“Any attempt to raise said hand would result in excruciating, unbearable pain,” the note from the Fox News host’s orthopedist said.
By Andy Borowitz
Comment
Where Dominion v. Fox Could Lead
The case may have profound implications not only for the two companies but also for the legal framework in which the media operate.
By Amy Davidson Sorkin
The Political Scene Podcast
The Fox News Defamation Lawsuit: “Money, Ideology, Truth, Lies—It’s All Right There”
Our political roundtable explores the fallout from the Dominion Voting Systems lawsuit against one of the most powerful TV networks in America.
Satire from The Borowitz Report
Rupert Murdoch Calls Telling Truth Under Oath Worst Experience of His Life
“I don’t know how they manage it,” the media mogul said, of inveterate truthtellers. “I’ve told the truth once, and I don’t intend to do it again.”
By Andy Borowitz
Daily Cartoon
Daily Cartoon: Thursday, February 23rd
“Can you help us understand some pending tech lawsuits?”
By Brendan Loper