Key facts
- Donald Trump's lawyers asked a federal judge to block E. Jean Carroll from collecting a $5 million award.
- The $5 million award is pending a Supreme Court bid by Donald Trump.
- The funds from the $5 million award are held in an escrow account.
- Bayer seeks to dismiss nearly 4,000 federal lawsuits alleging Roundup causes cancer.
- A U.S. Supreme Court ruling limited how plaintiffs can sue over Roundup's warning label.
- 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 U.S. appeals court ruled Trump's name cannot be restored to the Kennedy Center facade during an appeal.
- The appeals court denied a request to pause a lower court's order for removal.
Donald Trump is currently engaged in several significant legal proceedings. His legal team has filed a request with a federal judge to prevent E. Jean Carroll from collecting a $5 million civil verdict. This motion argues that allowing Carroll to collect the award while Trump pursues an appeal to the Supreme Court could result in irreparable harm if the higher court overturns the judgment. The $5 million award is currently held in an escrow account.
In other legal news, Bayer is seeking to terminate federal litigation involving nearly 4,000 lawsuits that allege Roundup causes cancer. This request follows a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that restricted the ability of plaintiffs to sue based on the product's warning label. Bayer contends that this Supreme Court decision undermines the fundamental claims in the consolidated federal lawsuits.
Separately, a federal judge in Florida has dismissed a $3.8 billion defamation lawsuit filed by Donald Trump against the Washington Post. The judge determined that Trump's company did not provide sufficient evidence of actual malice by the newspaper, which is a necessary standard for public figures to prevail in defamation cases. Furthermore, a U.S. appeals court has ruled against President Donald Trump's administration's request to temporarily restore his name to the Kennedy Center's facade while an appeal is underway. This decision upholds a lower court's order for the removal of his name.