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Smartmatic is alleging Fox News made over 100 false, inaccurate, and disparaging attacks and believe their efforts cast doubt on the integrity of the U.S. election system. Named in the suit is Fox Corporation, Maria Bartiromo Lou Dobbs and Jeanine Pirro, Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell. Smartmatic is suing for $2.7 billion. <ref>https://www.smartmatic.com/us/media/article/faq-defamation-lawsuit-against-fox-corporation/</ref>
Smartmatic is alleging Fox News made over 100 false, inaccurate, and disparaging attacks and believe their efforts cast doubt on the integrity of the U.S. election system. Named in the suit is Fox Corporation, Maria Bartiromo Lou Dobbs and Jeanine Pirro, Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell. Smartmatic is suing for $2.7 billion. <ref>https://www.smartmatic.com/us/media/article/faq-defamation-lawsuit-against-fox-corporation/</ref>
On March 8, 2022, A New York State Supreme Court judge ruled that the lawsuit can proceed, despite Fox’s motion to have the matter dismissed. The judge threw claims against against Pirro and Powell, as well as some claims against Giuliani. But the claims against Bartiromo and Dobbs were allowed to stand. <ref>https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/fox-news-smartmatic-lawsuit-1235199493/</ref>
On March 8, 2022, A New York State Supreme Court judge ruled that the lawsuit can proceed, despite Fox’s motion to have the matter dismissed. The judge threw claims against against Pirro and Powell, as well as some claims against Giuliani. But the claims against Bartiromo and Dobbs were allowed to stand. <ref>https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/fox-news-smartmatic-lawsuit-1235199493/</ref>
On February 14, 2023, in a 5-0 decision, the Appellate Division in Manhattan said Smartmatic alleged in "detailed fashion" how Fox News and some anchors and guests "effectively endorsed and participated in (defamation) with reckless disregard for, or serious doubts about" whether the company engaged in election fraud. The court also reinstated some previously dismissed claims against Rudolph Giuliani, and the case against host Jeanine Pirro. <ref>https://www.reuters.com/legal/fox-news-must-face-smartmatics-lawsuit-over-election-rigging-claims-2023-02-14/</ref>