Megan Butler

Georgia Reporter at Courthouse News Service

Georgia reporter for @courthousenews

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Wall Street Journal denies falsely linking ketamine therapy provider to Matthew Perry’s death

2 days ago | courthousenews.com | Megan Butler

(CN) — The Wall Street Journal on Thursday refuted claims it defamed a ketamine therapy business by falsely attributing it to the death of American and Canadian actor, Matthew Perry. Mindbloom, a telehealth provider of medically supervised at-home ketamine therapy, filed suit in Delaware this week against the newspaper's publishing company, Dow Jones & Company.
Georgia defends law restricting social media for children

3 days ago | courthousenews.com | Megan Butler

ATLANTA (CN) — Tech lobbyists urged a federal judge on Tuesday to block a Georgia law requiring parental consent before allowing minors to create social media accounts, less than a month before it goes into effect. U.S. District Judge Amy Totenberg seemed open to granting the request, noting that similar laws have been overturned by federal judges in Arkansas and Ohio and temporarily blocked in Utah.
Miami commissioner asks 11th Circuit to toss $63M verdict

4 days ago | courthousenews.com | Megan Butler

(CN) — Embattled Miami city commissioner and former mayor, Joe Carollo, urged an 11th Circuit panel Tuesday to grant him a new trial after he was ordered to pay $63.5 million in damages to two businessmen. Carollo argued the trial against him was tainted by unrebutted evidence of jury tampering by the plaintiff’s business partner, Zach Bush.
Georgia woman turns to 11th Circuit after baby dies in troubled jail

3 weeks ago | courthousenews.com | Megan Butler

ATLANTA (CN) — A Georgia woman whose baby died after she gave birth in jail is asking the 11th Circuit to review whether a settlement agreement bars certain claims against Clayton County and its troubled former sheriff. The woman argues a lower court abused its discretion when it axed those claims — but an 11th Circuit panel said Friday they likely do not have jurisdiction to intervene while the case remains active in Atlanta federal court.
Battle over Black voter suppression in Georgia returns to federal court

3 weeks ago | courthousenews.com | Megan Butler

ATLANTA (CN) — An 11th Circuit panel heard arguments Thursday over whether the Georgia legislature's redrawn districting maps continue to dilute the voting power of Black Georgians in violation of the Voting Rights Act. Those Congressional and legislative maps were struck down by a lower court in late 2023 after an eight-day bench trial and lawmakers returned to the Capitol to redraw them.
Trump could recoup legal fees in Georgia election case under new bill

3 weeks ago | courthousenews.com | Megan Butler

The bill allows criminal defendants to recover legal costs if the prosecutor is disqualified, but also expands compensation for people who were wrongfully incarcerated. ATLANTA (CN) — Georgia's Republican Governor Brian Kemp signed a bill into law Wednesday that could allow President Donald Trump to recover millions of dollars worth of legal fees spent in the state's case accusing the president of interfering in the 2020 elections.
Conservative 2020 election challenges rehashed at 11th Circuit

3 weeks ago | courthousenews.com | Megan Butler

ATLANTA (CN) — National voting rights group Fair Fight and Georgia voters urged a federal appeals court Tuesday to overturn a ruling finding a conservative vote-monitoring group did not unlawfully intimidate voters. The 11th Circuit expressed concern that the lower court may not have fully analyzed whether Texas-based True The Vote and its president Catherine Engelbrecht violated the Voting Rights Act by "attempting" to intimidate voters.
11th Circuit revives investor suit against Citigroup over fraud at Mexican company

1 month ago | courthousenews.com | Megan Butler

(CN) — A federal appeals court Thursday reversed the dismissal of claims against Citigroup for its role in a massive fraud involving a Mexican marine services provider for the oil industry in the Gulf of Mexico. In an 82-page opinion, an 11th Circuit panel found that a group of 30 international vendors, creditors and bondholders of the now-bankrupt Mexican oil and gas services company, Oceanografía, sufficiently pleaded their claims.
11th Circuit bows out of ex-president’s bid to duck prosecution in Panama

1 month ago | courthousenews.com | Megan Butler

(CN) — Former Panamanian President Ricardo Alberto Martinelli Berrocal, sentenced to 10 years in prison for money laundering, can be prosecuted for additional charges in Panama where he was extradited from the U.S., an 11th Circuit panel ruled Wednesday. The panel upheld the dismissal of Martinelli's request to void letters from a U.S. government official asserting that Panama was free to prosecute additional charges stemming from before his extradition.
Pro golfer asks 11th Circuit for another shot at defamation suit against media - Editor and Publisher

1 month ago | editorandpublisher.com | Megan Butler

Posted Monday, May 5, 2025 9:40 am PGA Tour champion and Olympic golfer Patrick Reed asked a federal appeals court in Miami Friday to revive his defamation claims against multiple sports analysts, publishers and media companies, including the Associated Press and Fox Sports.