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Labor/Employment

Oct. 20, 2022

News nonprofit gets $2M settlement for fees in anti-SLAPP case

The settlement reached this month ended the six-year libel dispute and includes an agreement by Planet Aid to pay $1.925 million and release its claims against the news organization and its journalists in return for it releasing requests for fees.

The Center for Investigative Reporting achieved the largest-ever settlement of a fees dispute under California's anti-SLAPP statute.

The nonprofit news organization investigated supposed aid misuse by the Maryland-based nonprofit Planet Aid, which sued the center for defamation.

The settlement reached this month ended the six-year libel dispute and includes an agreement by Planet Aid to pay $1.925 million and ...

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