Legal Opinion
Lemelson v. Bloomberg L.P.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 30, 2018No. 17-1620PPublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KAYATTA, Circuit Judge.
In both an online article and a subsequent TV interview, Bloomberg News reported that the Securities and Exchange Commission had opened an investigation to determine whether Emmanuel Lemelson, a priest and hedge fund manager, had intentionally published false material about public companies in whose stock he held a short position. Lemelson filed suit against Bloomberg and the article's authors, claiming that the report renders Bloomberg liable for several common-law torts, including defamation. The district court disposed of Lemelson's suit on defendants' motion to…
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