August 30, 2018
A Greek Orthodox priest who also runs a hedge fund lost his First Circuit appeal in a $100 million defamation case against Bloomberg LP on Thursday when a panel ruled that he failed to show the news agency acted with actual malice when it reported in 2016 that he was under investigation for stock manipulation.
May 22, 2017
A Massachusetts federal judge on Friday dismissed a defamation suit against Bloomberg LP by a Greek Orthodox priest who runs a hedge fund, saying that while an article saying the Rev. Emmanuel Lemelson and his firm were under investigation for stock manipulation could be defamatory, its reporting did not cross the line because Lemelson is a public figure.