News Firm Asks 2nd Circuit To Reconsider Libel Claim Against BuzzFeed

Mealey's (January 7, 2020, 11:11 AM EST) -- NEW YORK — A British news organization filed a petition for rehearing with the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Jan. 2, asserting that a panel misapplied case law when it affirmed a trial court’s ruling against it in the firm’s libel suit over a BuzzFeed Inc. online article accusing the plaintiff of creating and distributing “fake news” (Michael Leidig, et al. v. BuzzFeed Inc., No. 19-851, 2nd Cir.)....