Newsmax Lawsuit Against Fox News Is Dismissed
A federal judge in Miami on Friday dismissed an antitrust lawsuit that the right-wing cable channel Newsmax filed against Fox News earlier in the week. The judge said Newsmax could refile the complaint.
Newsmax’s lawsuit was “an impermissible ‘shotgun pleading,’” in which four of the five counts incorporated allegations from the preceding counts, wrote the judge, Aileen Cannon of U.S. District Court.
“Each count must identify the particular legal basis for liability and contain specific factual allegations that support each cause of action within each count,” Judge Cannon said. She said Newsmax could file an amended complaint by Thursday.
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