On Sat, Apr 15, 2017 at 11:54 PM, Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote:
> I said one or two more lawsuits. In addition to what they have settled. > These are multi-million dollar lawsuits. The sexual harassment suits that > I am familiar with where the harassment was essentially proven settle for a > half million. The fact Fox is paying more shows how much they want O'Reilly. > But I agree > One new claim and they are on the hook for major dough. > Media companies tend to have litigation insurance, mostly to defend libel and defamation lawsuits. If you have litigation insurance and get sued, the insurance company provides the lawyers and pays settlements and court judgments. They also have the power to demand changes to be made in order to protect yourself from further lawsuits - and if you don't do what they say they drop your policy. They also decide on whether to settle and how much to pay out. If this is the case the question of whether O'Reilly stays or goes may depend on the insurance company. If FNC is handling all of this in-house, their whole legal strategy is in the shadow of how they handled Ailes and those settlements. I don't think the O'Reilly lawsuits come from recent conduct. I think the offenses happened during Ailes's reign and female employees feel empowered to seek justice following the Ailes case. So the question is how many women feel they have a case, and can find a lawyer who agrees, who have not yet come forward. FNC cannot let any of these cases go to trial because there is a discovery phase where they have to open their books to the plaintiff's lawyers and any wrongdoing tends to get leaked to the press. So how many more lawsuits do they want to go through? -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
