It’s been seven months since Fox News settled a headline-making defamation suit from Dominion Voting Systems for a record $787.5 million. But in recent weeks the Smartmatic case has stirred to life, putting Murdoch’s company once again in legal peril. The Dominion settlement spared Murdoch from having to testify in court, a prospect that had worried Fox. The judge in the case is currently weighing a bid from Fox Corporation, the news channel’s parent company, to be excused from the lawsuit. The Dominion case was settled minutes before the trial was set to begin.

Source: Fox News December 02, 2023 13:01 UTC