Key facts
- A judge ordered Donald Trump to pay E. Jean Carroll $5.8 million.
- The Supreme Court declined to hear Donald Trump's appeal in the E. Jean Carroll case.
- A jury previously found Donald Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation.
- A federal judge dismissed Donald Trump's $3.8 billion defamation suit against the Washington Post.
- The judge found Trump's company failed to present evidence of actual malice.
- A federal judge approved a settlement between Elon Musk and the SEC.
- Elon Musk's settlement with the SEC requires a $1.5 million civil fine.
- Elon Musk did not admit wrongdoing in the SEC settlement.
- Bayer is seeking to dismiss nearly 4,000 Roundup lawsuits.
- A U.S. Supreme Court ruling limited how plaintiffs can sue over Roundup's warning label.
- An appeals court denied a request to restore Donald Trump's name to the Kennedy Center facade.
- The appeals court found no evidence of irreparable harm from the Kennedy Center name's absence.
A federal judge has authorized E. Jean Carroll to collect $5.8 million in damages from Donald Trump, following the Supreme Court's decision to decline his appeal. This action finalizes an award previously determined by a jury that found Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation. The judge's order overrides Trump's request to block the payment.
In a separate legal development, a federal judge in Florida dismissed Donald Trump's $3.8 billion defamation lawsuit against the Washington Post. The judge ruled that Trump's company did not provide sufficient evidence of actual malice by the newspaper, a necessary standard for public figures to prevail in such cases. Additionally, a U.S. appeals court denied the Trump administration's request to temporarily reinstate President Donald Trump's name on the Kennedy Center facade while an appeal of a lower court's removal order is pending. The appeals court found no evidence of irreparable harm resulting from the name's absence.
Meanwhile, a federal judge approved a settlement between Elon Musk and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) concerning Musk's disclosures related to his purchase of Twitter shares. The settlement mandates a $1.5 million civil fine for Musk, who did not admit wrongdoing. In other litigation, Bayer is seeking to dismiss approximately 4,000 lawsuits that allege its Roundup product causes cancer. This request follows a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that restricted how plaintiffs can pursue legal action based on the product's warning label, which Bayer argues invalidates the core claims in the consolidated federal litigation.