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Fox News reaches a settlement for $787.5 million in a major defamation case, avoiding a high-profile trial that would have tested the extent of free speech rights for media in America. The settlement represents "vindication and accountability," the voting machine company's lawyer says during a press briefing. "Lies have consequences," he adds. SOUNDBITE
Bobbi Sternheim, Ghislaine Maxwell's lawyer, says her client "will appeal this case," after she was sentenced to 20 years in prison by a New York judge for helping the late disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse girls. "We are confident that she will prevail on appeal," Sternheim tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
Nicolas Sarkozy's lawyer, Thierry Herzog, and former deputy director of the 2012 presidential campaign, Jérôme Lavrilleux, arrive at the Paris correctional court for the opening of the 'Bygmalion' trial, in which the former French President faces accusations of "illegal financing of an election campaign." If convicted, Sarkozy is liable to one year's imprisonment and a 3,750 euro fine. IMAGES
French lawyer Juan Branco arrives at a Paris courthouse to try to meet his client Piotr Pavlenski, the Russian activist who released the sex video of Paris mayoral candidate Benjamin Griveaux, a prominent ally of French President Emmanuel Macron. Prosecutors have requested Branco be removed from the case, but Branco denies any involvement in the publication of the video. IMAGES
Alice N'Kom is Cameroon's first female lawyer and she is one of the few who fights for the human rights of the country's gay community.
The ride-hailing company's settlement will keep its drivers classified as contractors instead of employees. The case was closely watched by other startups. Fred Katayama reports.