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George Zimmerman’s legal team said in October that they planned to sue NBC over its airing of an edited version of the call he made to 911 after shooting and killing unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin. And on Dec. 6, they made good on the threat, filing a lawsuit for defamation against the network and three of its reporters.   New Lawyer, New Website, Same Attitude  Mark O’Mara now has help: Zimmerman has added Jim Beasley, a Philadelphia trial lawyer and …

George Zimmerman’s lawyer has said he is considering suing NBC for libel over the network’s editing of the 911 call Zimmerman made on the night he killed Trayvon Martin. But legal experts say the case would be a long shot. “NBC intentionally edited George Zimmerman’s non-emergency call to make it appear he is a racist, then they repeatedly broadcast that edited tape to the nation,” Mark O’Mara told TheWrap, a Hollywood news source, on Oct. 4. “What NBC did is …

A jury ordered “Girls Gone Wild” founder to pay a casino mogul a total of $40 million for slandering him. The dispute began when Joe Francis, purveyor of the porn videos “Girls Gone Wild,” told people that casino owner Steve Wynn threatened in an email to kill him. According to Francis, Wynn said in an email, “‘I’m going to hit to him in the back of the head with a shovel and have him buried in the middle of the …

Employer on the hook for $25 million for not stopping years of racial slursAn African-American steelworker won a $25 million jury award for putting up with years of racial slurs and taunting, including being called “boy” and “monkey” by coworkers. Elijah Turley worked at a steel plant in upstate New York owned by global steelmaker ArcelorMittal, a company based in Luxemburg. Turley’s lawsuit claimed that the company allowed a culture of racial discrimination to persist. During the three-week trial, Turley …

A quick look at Matthew Couloute, Jr.’s resume gives you a sense of the young attorney’s glowing reputation. He was hired as the youngest assistant states attorney in Norwalk, Conn, he was promoted within two years to become the jurisdiction’s youngest prosecutor, he worked as a player liaison for the National Football League, and he served as an analyst for both Court TV and MSNBC. But what Couloute’s resume doesn’t reveal is his reputation among his ex-girlfriends, who claim the …