Fox Settlement Deal Is Big Win for Dominion’s Trial Lawyers

April 19, 2023, 7:09 PM UTC

Stephen Shackelford had a grin nearly the size of Texas when he walked out of a Delaware courthouse after finalizing the largest defamation settlement in history.

Shackelford, a partner at Houston-founded Susman Godfrey, was a lead litigator for Dominion Voting Systems Inc. in its blockbuster lawsuit against Fox Corp. The media giant agreed Tuesday to pay $787.5 million to settle the case, accusing Fox News of bogus theories about a conspiracy to rig the 2020 US presidential election for Joe Biden over Donald Trump.

The settlement is a big win for Dominion and its private equity owner, Staple Street Capital ...

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