Civil Litigation,
Constitutional Law
Sep. 23, 2020
Dershowitz faces some hurdles in defamation case against CNN
From anti-SLAPP issues to providing ‘clear and convincing evidence’ of knowing falsity, the Harvard professor’s defamation case may be a tall order for his attorneys.
Douglas E. Mirell
Partner
Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger LLP
Email: dmirell@greenbergglusker.com
Doug's practice focuses on privacy, defamation, publicity rights, copyright, trademark and First Amendment litigation.
On September 15, lawyers for emeritus Harvard Law School Professor Alan Dershowitz filed an eight-page, $300-million defamation complaint against Cable News Network in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. The gravamen of Dershowitz's complaint is that CNN intentionally and selectively edited a portion of the argument presented by him during his January 29 defense of President Donald Trump before the U.S. Senate to make it appear that Dershowit...
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