SHALIT BARRETT v. ATLANTIC MONTHLY GROUP LLC et al

  1. September 09, 2024

    The Atlantic Must Face Writer's Trimmed Defamation Suit

    A D.C. federal judge on Monday trimmed some claims from a freelance writer's suit alleging The Atlantic tarnished her professional reputation by retracting an investigative article she wrote about the Ivy League admissions process, but kept the bulk of the writer's defamation case alive.

  2. January 10, 2022

    ​​​​​​​The Atlantic Accused Of Defaming Writer Of Story It Retracted

    A freelance writer accused The Atlantic of defamation in a suit filed Friday in D.C. federal court, saying that after it took the rare step of retracting an investigative article she wrote about the Ivy League admissions process, the magazine assassinated her professional reputation.