October 05, 2023
Former President Donald Trump on Thursday moved to dismiss without prejudice his $500 million defamation lawsuit in Florida federal court alleging his former lawyer Michael Cohen spread falsehoods about Trump in books and media appearances.
September 28, 2023
An attorney for ex-President Donald Trump told a Florida federal judge Thursday that he intends to call only his client and Michael Cohen as fact witnesses in his $500 million lawsuit, saying he can prove damages over a breach of attorney-client relationship because Cohen can't "disavow" public remarks about Trump.
September 15, 2023
Michael Cohen urged a Florida federal court Friday to force former President Donald Trump to produce specific documents justifying a $500 million defamation lawsuit alleging the spreading of falsehoods in Cohen's books and media appearances, saying the information that has been produced by Trump's counsel isn't usable.
August 17, 2023
A federal magistrate judge denied a request Thursday to limit the scope of a coming deposition of Donald Trump in his $500 million defamation suit against his former attorney Michael Cohen, saying he had never done that for any other litigant and will not make an exception for the former president.
August 03, 2023
Former President Donald Trump pushed for a Florida federal court to issue a confidentiality order in his lawsuit against his former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen, saying it could protect him from self-incrimination in his ongoing criminal proceedings.
July 27, 2023
Michael Cohen urged a Florida federal court not to grant a protective order stopping him from further disseminating allegedly confidential disclosures about Donald Trump, saying the former president hasn't shown a legitimate basis that he'll be harmed because he's a public figure.
June 06, 2023
Donald Trump has asked a Florida federal judge not to dismiss his lawsuit accusing his former fixer Michael Cohen of spreading falsehoods about him through his two books and media appearances, saying Cohen's motion to dismiss relies on references to unrelated legal matters and news articles.
May 09, 2023
Donald Trump's accusation that his former attorney broke his duty to his client in publishing books about Trump is a disguised defamation claim, Michael Cohen told a Florida federal court, because the harm Trump supposedly suffered is "purely" reputational.
April 12, 2023
Donald Trump sued his ex-attorney Michael Cohen Wednesday for $500 million in damages in Florida federal court, alleging he breached their attorney-client relationship and a confidentiality agreement by maliciously "spreading falsehoods" about the former president.