CNN takes aim at former Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson’s legal arguments in the latest federal court filing tied to Robinson’s defamation lawsuit against the cable news outlet. CNN is asking a judge to dismiss Robinson’s case.
Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson accuses CNN of attributing “vile and bizarre comments” to him “for sensationalist and spiteful purposes” and to ruin his reputation during his recent campaign for governor. Robinson offered those comments in a federal court filing Thursday in his defamation case against the television network.
Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson is urging a federal judge to return his defamation lawsuit against CNN and a former porn store clerk to state court. Robinson’s lawyers filed a motion Monday to remand the case to the state court system.
Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson and a former porn store clerk filed competing federal court documents this week in Robinson’s defamation lawsuit that also involves CNN. The lieutenant governor challenges defendant Louis Money’s attempt to have the case dismissed.
CNN has filed a motion to dismiss North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson’s defamation lawsuit against the cable news outlet. Robinson filed the suit during the closing weeks of his campaign for governor.
CNN wants a federal court to consider the lawsuit North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson filed against the cable television network. CNN filed paperwork last week removing the case from state court.
Anti-SLAPP laws provide a needed balance and give judges an extra tool to ensure free speech is protected and court resources aren’t wasted on frivolous suits.
A hearing has been scheduled for Nov. 18 in North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson’s defamation lawsuit. The hearing will address defendant Louis Love Money’s motion to dismiss Robinson’s complaint. There is no indication that the hearing listed on North Carolina’s eCourts system will address the lawsuit's complaints against CNN.
A Boone Christian-based humanitarian aid organization that has been at the forefront of helping with recovery efforts in western North Carolina after Hurricane Helene received a boost Friday with over $50,000 of unclaimed funds from the North Carolina State Treasurer’s office.
In the most recent of Carolina Journal’s Follow the Money print series, “Cooper’s Green Agenda’” Carolina Journal tracks donations from green energy groups to the campaigns of Gov. Roy Cooper and highlights his executive orders and other actions setting green energy policy as governor. Cooper’s staff communications director fired back on Twitter calling out what...
RALEIGH — Business owners trying to navigate the maze of new government mandates and restrictions are not racing to add new jobs in North Carolina. The John Locke Foundation's top budget expert offers that assessment as the N.C. Employment Security Commission lists the state's unemployment rate at 9.7 percent for August, down one-tenth of a percentage point from July's rate of 9.8 percent.
