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NoneWILMINGTON, Del. -- Attorneys for Fox Corp. asked a Delaware judge Friday to dismiss a shareholder lawsuit seeking to hold current and former company officials personally liable for the financial fallout stemming from Fox News reports regarding alleged vote rigging in the 2020 election. Five New York City public employee pension funds, along with Oregon’s public employee retirement fund, allege that former chairman Rupert Murdoch and other Fox Corp. leaders deliberately turned a blind eye to liability risks posed by reporting false claims of vote rigging by election technology companies Dominion Voting Systems and Smartmatic USA. Smartmatic is suing Fox News for defamation in New York, alleging damages of $2.7 billion. It recently settled a lawsuit in the District of Columbia against One America News Network, another conservative outlet, over reports of vote fraud. Dominion also filed several defamation lawsuits against those who spread conspiracy theories blaming its election equipment for Donald Trump’s loss in 2020. Last year, Fox News settled a defamation lawsuit filed by Dominion in Delaware for $787 million. The shareholder plaintiffs also allege that Fox corporate leaders ignored “red flags” about liability arising from a 2017 report suggesting that Seth Rich, a Democratic National Committee staffer, may have been killed because he had leaked Democratic party emails to Wikileaks during the 2016 presidential campaign. Rich, 27, was shot in 2016 in Washington, D.C., in what authorities have said was an attempted robbery. Fox News retracted the Seth Rich story a week after its initial broadcast, but Rich’s parents sued the network for falsely portraying their son as a criminal and traitor. Fox News settled the lawsuit in 2020 for “millions of dollars,” shortly before program hosts Lou Dobbs and Sean Hannity were to be deposed, according to the shareholder lawsuit. Joel Friedlander, an attorney for the institutional shareholders, argued that Fox officials waited until the company’s reporting about Rich became a national scandal before addressing the issue. Similarly, according to the shareholders, corporate officials, including Rupert Murdoch and his son, CEO Lachlan Murdoch, allowed Fox News to continue broadcasting false narratives about the 2020 election, despite internal communications suggesting that they knew there was no evidence to support the conspiracy theories. “The Murdochs could have minimized future monetary exposure, but they chose not to,” Friedlander said. Instead, he argued, they engaged in “bad-faith decision making” with other defendants in a profit-driven effort to retain viewers and remain in Trump’s good graces. “Decisions were made at the highest level to promote pro-Trump conspiracy theories without editorial control,” Friedlander said. Defense attorneys argue that the case should be dismissed because the plaintiffs filed their lawsuit without first demanding that the Fox Corp. board take action, as required under Delaware law. They say the plaintiffs also failed to demonstrate that a pre-suit demand on the Fox board would have been futile because at least half of the directors face a substantial likelihood of liability or are not independent of someone who does. Beyond the “demand futility” issue, defense attorneys also argue that allegations that Fox officials breached their fiduciary duties fail to meet the pleading standards under Delaware and therefore should be dismissed. Defense attorney William Savitt argued, for example, that neither the Rich settlement, which he described as “immaterial,” nor the allegedly defamatory statements about Dominion and Smartmatic constitute red flags putting directors on notice about the risk of defamation liability. Nor do they demonstrate that directors acted in bad faith or that Fox “utterly failed” to implement and monitor a system to report and mitigate legal risks, including defamation liability risk, according to the defendants. Savitt noted that the Rich article was promptly retracted, and that the settlement included no admission of liability. The Dominion and Smartmatic statements, meanwhile, gave rise themselves to the currently liability issues and therefore can not serve as red flags about future liability risks, according to the defendants. “A ‘red flag’ must be what the term commonly implies — warning of a risk of a liability-causing event that allows the directors to take action to avert the event, not notice that a liability-causing event has already occurred,” defense attorneys wrote in their motion to dismiss. Defense attorneys also say there are no factual allegations to support claims that Fox officials condoned illegal conduct in pursuit of corporate profits, or that they deliberately ignored their oversight responsibilities. They note that a “bad outcome” is not sufficient to demonstrate “bad faith.” Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster is expected to rule within 90 days.
Fairfax Financial ( FRFHF ) Holdings announced its intention to redeem all of its 7,515,642 outstanding Cumulative 5-Year Rate Reset Preferred Shares, Series C and all of its 2,484,358 outstanding Cumulative Floating Rate Preferred Shares, Series D on December 31, 2024 at a redemption price equal to C$25.00 per share, for an aggregate total amount of approximately C$250 million, together with all accrued and unpaid dividends up to but excluding the Redemption Date, less any tax required to be deducted and withheld by Fairfax. Formal notice will be delivered to the sole registered holder of the Preferred Shares in accordance with the terms of the Preferred Shares of the applicable series as set out in Fairfax’s articles. Separately from the Redemption Price, the final quarterly dividend of C$0.294313 per Series C Share will be paid in the usual manner to holders of Series C Shares on December 31, 2024, and the final quarterly dividend of C$0.47858 per Series D Share will be paid in the usual manner to holders of Series D Shares December 30, 2024, in each case to shareholders of record on December 13, 2024. Fairfax intends to use a portion of the net proceeds from the previously announced public offering of C$700 million aggregate principal amount of its Senior Notes to redeem the outstanding Preferred Shares. Don't Miss our Black Friday Offers: Unlock your investing potential with TipRanks Premium - Now At 40% OFF! Make smarter investments with weekly expert stock picks from the Smart Investor Newsletter Published first on TheFly – the ultimate source for real-time, market-moving breaking financial news. Try Now>> See Insiders’ Hot Stocks on TipRanks >> Read More on FRFHF: Fairfax Financial Raises C$700 Million through Notes Offering Fairfax Financial’s C$700 Million Notes Offering Fairfax Financial price target raised to C$2,200 from C$1,850 at BMO Capital Fairfax Financial price target raised to C$2,200 from C$2,100 at Scotiabank Fairfax Financial Reports Strong Q3 2024 Earnings
PACS LEGAL DEADLINE: PACS Group Class Action Deadline is Approaching – Contact BFA Law if You Suffered Losses (NYSE:PACS)Cooperation with China boosts Zimbabwe’s agriculture sectorOur community members are treated to special offers, promotions and adverts from us and our partners. You can check out at any time. More info I'm A Celebrity viewers are buzzing with speculation that Ant McPartlin might not be the biggest fan of one of the campmates. In the latest episode that hit screens on ITV, presenters Ant and Dec brought us all the juicy updates from the camp. The spotlight was on Dean as he braved the new treacherous 'Lethal Lab' trial in hopes of finally snagging some much-needed stars following two unsuccessful previous attempts where he called it quits early and another challenge where he and GK Barry also scored no stars. Social media detectives have been piecing together hints from Ant's reactions during the trials and they're convinced he 'dislikes' Dean. One viewer tweeted: "Ant cant stand Dean #ImACeleb," while another chimed in: "Ant shouldn't play poker. His face is saying what we all feel #ImACeleb." As the comments rolled in, another added their voice to the mix: " Ant can't even remotely hide his disdain for Dean #imaceleb." Another wrote: "Anyone feel like Ant and Dec don't like Dean? Especially Ant #ImACelebrity #ImACeleb," as one shared: "I'm done with Dean. Even Ant and Dec are beyond done with him. Never seen them this disappointed in a contestant before.", reports the Express . One fan noted: "Ant said on Extra Jungle last night the amount of work that goes into the trials and then for Dean not to even make an effort #imaceleb," with another writing: "Ant can't stand Dean, he is making it very obvious #ImACeleb." During the trial today, Dean confessed it "wasn't looking good" as he faced his challenge. He initially succeeded in combining two liquids to trigger a chemical reaction, bagging two stars for camp with ease. Next, he tackled the containment areas, where he had to gather stars using only his mouth, all while sharing the space with cockroaches, crickets and mealworms, giant lizards, snakes and spiders. He secured 2 stars for camp in the first and third areas, before uttering the infamous phrase I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here in the fifth containment. Following the trial, Ant and Dec appeared live, expressing their frustration over Dean not completing the trial. They explained that if he had just let them inform him about the fish guts, he wouldn't have panicked. Both Ant and Dec seemed annoyed as they described how Dean had faced the spiders and snakes, but called out the famous phrase during the fish guts because he didn't know what was on his head. *I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here airs at 9pm on ITV1 and ITVX.