A day after the National Rifle Association filed a lawsuit saying its reputation had been smeared by its most prominent contractor, that contractor claimed in its own filing that it had been smeared by the N.R.A. and Ackerman McQueen, an advertising firm that has worked with the gun group for nearly four decades. Ackerman is seeking $50 million in the counterclaim it brought on Thursday in state court in Virginia, a filing that was previously reported by The Daily Beast. Ackerman rebutted those allegations in its suit, saying that it had “complied with every audit” requested by the N.R.A. — including one in February — and that it itself was defamed by the gun group.

Source: New York Times May 24, 2019 00:05 UTC