June 04, 2018
A Florida federal judge ruled Monday that BuzzFeed can use the fair reporting privilege defense to fend off a Russian tech executive's defamation suit over the website's publication of a dossier alleging ties between Russia and President Donald Trump.
April 23, 2018
BuzzFeed is trying to get more information from overseas banks about whether its publication of a dossier alleging ties between Russia and President Donald Trump had any effects on the business of a Russian tech executive named in the dossier, according to requests for international judicial assistance sent to The Hague by a Florida federal judge.
February 12, 2018
BuzzFeed has urged a Florida federal court to deny a Russian tech executive's bid for a partial judgment in his defamation suit over the website's publication of a dossier alleging ties between Russia and President Donald Trump, saying he wrongly argued it had to independently "verify" all of the contents.
January 23, 2018
A Florida federal judge on Monday asked Cyprus' judiciary for help securing for BuzzFeed News information from bank executives who allegedly refused to lend money to Aleksej Gubarev after he was named in a dossier published by BuzzFeed alleging Russia had compromising information on President Donald Trump.
January 08, 2018
A newly minted D.C. federal judge on Monday invited briefs on questions raised about his judicial impartiality after intelligence firm Fusion GPS, creator of the infamous "Trump dossier," said recusal from a related defamation case could be appropriate because the judge once volunteered on President-elect Donald Trump's transition team.
December 21, 2017
A Florida federal judge denied a bid Thursday to force BuzzFeed News to disclose its source for a dossier claiming the Russian government has compromising information on President Donald Trump and that a Russian tech executive's companies helped target Democratic leaders' computers.
October 17, 2017
BuzzFeed told a Florida federal court Monday that a number of state and federal laws protect it from being compelled to reveal its source for a dossier alleging that Russia has compromising information on President Donald Trump and that a Russian tech executive's companies helped target Democratic leaders’ computers.
September 28, 2017
Attorneys for a Russian technology executive suing BuzzFeed for publishing a dossier alleging Russia has compromising information on President Donald Trump pressed the news organization Thursday to reveal who handed it the dossier, arguing it is critical information for his defamation claims.
August 15, 2017
A Florida federal judge declined Tuesday to allow a British security company director who is widely believed to have compiled a dossier alleging Russia has compromising information on President Donald Trump to intervene in a Russian technology executive's defamation suit against BuzzFeed over the publication of his name in the dossier.
August 10, 2017
A Florida federal judge overseeing a Russian technology executive's defamation suit against BuzzFeed over the publication of his name in a dossier alleging Russia has compromising information on President Donald Trump on Thursday sought assistance from a London court in obtaining testimony from a British security company director who is widely believed to have compiled the dossier and who quickly objected to the request.