Million-Dollar Verdict For Plaintiff Experiencing $1 In Damages: The Michael Mann Defamation Suit

Michael Mann is a professor of climate science at the University of Pennsylvania.  He rose to notoriety for a graph he published in 1998 in the journal Nature, meant to illustrate the dramatic warming of the planet.  The curve in the graph resembled a hockey stick and, as such, was...

So You’ve Been Sued. Now What?

Being served with a lawsuit is a disorienting experience, one that tends to raise the same basic questions regardless of who has been sued: What am I accused of? How much will this cost? Can I sue this plaintiff back?