The decision Thursday by State Supreme Court Justice Charles D. Wood in Westchester County released Friday, comes in a defamation lawsuit Project Veritas filed against the Times in 2020. In that story, the Times quoted the memos, leading Project Veritas to accuse the newspaper of violating attorney-client privilege. The newspaper reported it would appeal the ruling and seek a stay in the meantime. Project Veritas bills itself as a watchdog, often of media. He wrote that while aspects of Project Veritas, including its journalistic methods, may be of public interest, its attorney-client communications are not.

Source: The Times December 25, 2021 03:12 UTC