Word: suit
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Harrington cited a failure by Ackerly "to demonstrate a likelihood of success on the merits [of their case]." Chances for success in a pending suit are the primary consideration for judges issuing injunctions...
...arrangements with the tobacco-industry source--later revealed to be former Brown & Williamson executive Jeffrey S. Wigand. He was reportedly paid a $12,000 "consultant fee" for work he had done on a previous 60 Minutes segment; was promised that the network would indemnify him against any possible libel suit resulting from the story; and given a pledge that the interview would air only with his permission. When his lawyer asked for a promise that Wigand would be indemnified not only against potential libel suits but also against any lawsuit that might ensue from his breaking of a confidentiality agreement...
...issue, it seems, was not libel. CBS lawyers feared the network might be vulnerable to a suit on the grounds of "tortious interference"--inducing one party to break a legal contract with another. Attorneys are divided over whether the network could successfully have been sued on such grounds. By paying money to Wigand and agreeing to indemnify him against a lawsuit, some contended, CBS had put itself at serious risk. Attorneys who have been involved in litigation against the tobacco industry, however, insisted that the network was needlessly timid. "I think it's appalling they would fold over such...
DEVIL IN A NEW SUIT...
...CASTRO COULD TAKE MANHATTAN if you let him [CUBA, Nov. 6]. He could persuade the U.S. to lift its trade embargo if he set Cuba free. How nice of him to shed his fatigues and don dapper new clothes. But he is still a devil--even if in a suit. The people he manages to impress never had to live in a communist country, never had to go hungry or be separated from their family. I am sick of people glorifying a man who is a criminal and who violates human rights. He tries to impress businessmen who want...