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Court overturns suspension of Alex Jones' lawyer in Sandy Hook case that led to $1.4B judgment

An appeals court has overturned a six-month suspension given to a Connecticut lawyer for conspiracy theorist Alex Jones

The Independent UK

Court upholds $75,000 in fines against Alex Jones for missing Sandy Hook case deposition

A Connecticut appeals court has upheld $75,000 in fines against conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for missing a deposition in the lawsuit filed by Sandy Hook families

The Independent UK

Alex Jones' lawyer avoids discipline over records release

A Connecticut judge has ruled that a Texas lawyer for conspiracy theorist Alex Jones committed misconduct but will not be disciplined for violating a confidentiality order

The Independent UK

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Appeals Court grants Alex Jones’ lawyer Norm Pattis postponement in law license suspension

HARTFORD, Conn. — In the latest twist in the fight over his law license, the state appellate court at the close of business Thursday postponed the imposition of a six-month suspension of Alex Jones’ lawyer Norm Pattis — at least temporarily.

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Alex Jones’ lawyer suspended for leaking Infowars’ texts, plaintiffs information in Sandy Hook case

The judge ‘flatly rejected’ the attorney’s claim that the release was a ‘mistake’

The Independent UK

Judge suspends Alex Jones lawyer for 6 months over disclosure of confidential Sandy Hook medical, psychiatric records

HARTFORD, Conn. — In a sharply critical decision, a Superior Court judge has suspended Infowars broadcaster Alex Jones’ lawyer Norm Pattis from practicing law for six months for the “inexcusable” disclosure of thousands of protected medical and psychiatric records obtained from relatives of Sandy Hook shooting victims.

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Alex Jones lawyer suspended 6 months over records release

A lawyer for conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has been suspended from practicing law in Connecticut for six months

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Judge rejects Alex Jones’ post trial arguments; $1.4 billion CT Sandy Hook verdict stands

HARTFORD, Conn. — In a short and pointed ruling, the judge who presided over conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ Connecticut Sandy Hook defamation trial on Thursday rejected his arguments that the jury’s $1.4 billion damages award should be reduced and a new trial ordered.

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Sandy Hook families continue to break new legal ground with big court decisions over Infowars host Alex Jones and a major gun manufacturer

HARTFORD, Conn. — Relatives of the Sandy Hook shooting victims have won more than $1.5 billion in damages over the yearlong run-up to the 10-year remembrance of the murderous rampage at a Newtown elementary school.

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Alex Jones files for bankruptcy, bringing all post-trial activity by Sandy Hook families to a halt; claims to have as much as $10 million in assets

HARTFORD, Conn. — Infowars broadcaster and right wing provocateur Alex Jones filed for personal bankruptcy in Texas on Friday morning, creating a new obstacle for the relatives of Sandy Hook shooting victims trying to collect the nearly $1.5 billion they won in a suit against the conspiracy theorist for his…

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Alex Jones files for bankruptcy, bringing all post-trial activity by Sandy Hook families to a halt

HARTFORD, Conn. — Infowars broadcaster and right-wing provocateur Alex Jones filed for personal bankruptcy in Texas on Friday morning, creating a new obstacle for the relatives of Sandy Hook shooting victims trying to collect the nearly $1.5 billion they won in a suit against the conspiracy theorist for his claims…

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Alex Jones’ lawyer Norm Pattis faces possible six-month discipline for disclosing confidential medical records of Sandy Hook parents

The state judicial office that prosecutes lawyer misconduct wants attorney Norman Pattis suspended from the practice for six months for what appears to have been the inadvertent disclosure of confidential medical and psychiatric records of relatives of the Sandy Hook families who now have won $1.4 billion in damages from…

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‘If a billion doesn’t do it, then a trillion is not going to do it': Alex Jones lawyers argue over punitive damages in Sandy Hook case

HARTFORD, Conn. — Lawyers for right-wing provocateur Alex Jones and the families who won nearly $1 billion a month ago for being targets of his Sandy Hook school conspiracy theories argued Monday over another potentially extraordinary award of punitive damages for what was described in court as his “evil” and…

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The Independent UK

Lawyer: Punishment needed for Alex Jones' Sandy Hook claims

A lawyer for Sandy Hook families says significant punitive damages need to be imposed on Alex Jones to deter him and other conspiracy theorists from continuing to tell their followers the 2012 Newtown shooting was a hoax

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Sandy Hook families want another $320 million in damages to cover costs of suing Alex Jones in Connecticut

HARTFORD, Conn. — The Sandy Hook families who won nearly $1 billion from far-right broadcaster Alex Jones want another $320 million or so more to cover their legal costs, along with court orders that would force him to produce an accounting of his assets and block what they describe as…

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Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones seeks new trial after nearly $1bn Sandy Hook verdict

Jury ordered Jones to pay $965m in damages to families subjected to harassment from Jones’s lies about Newtown school shooting

The Independent UK

Sandy Hook families want Alex Jones to pay up to $2.75 trillion in damages as he seeks new trial

Families want judge to award ‘highest possible punitive damages’ on top of jury’s compensatory recommendation

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Alex Jones seeks new trial after $1B Sandy Hook verdict

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has asked a Connecticut judge to throw out a nearly $1 billion verdict against him and order a new trial in a lawsuit by Sandy Hook families over Jones' lies that the 2012 Newtown school shooting was a hoax

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Sandy Hook families seek $2.75 trillion from Alex Jones

Sandy Hook families asked a Connecticut judge to order Alex Jones to pay $2.75 trillion in damages in addition to the almost $1 billion a jury awarded for defamation, claiming only “the highest possible punitive damages,” will stop the Infowars host from continuing to harm them.

Reuters

Sandy Hook families seek steep punitive damages after $1 billion Alex Jones verdict

Families of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook mass shooting on Friday asked a Connecticut judge to order Alex Jones to pay hefty punitive damages on top of nearly $1 billion a jury said the conspiracy theorist owes them for falsely claiming the massacre was a hoax.

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What’s next for Alex Jones? ‘He doesn’t have a billion dollars,’ UConn law prof says

HARTFORD, Conn. — Alex Jones was bragging Friday that he won’t be stopped by a nearly $1 billion judgment against him earlier in the week for spreading phony conspiracy theories about the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre and claiming the families suing him were actors in a plot to outlaw…

The Independent UK

Alex Jones’ lawyer dropped from radio show after admitting he got his ‘a** kicked’ in Sandy Hook trial

Norm Pattis said he had ‘parted company’ from a conservative talkback station in Connecticut

Tribune News Service

Jury reaches verdict of nearly $1 billion in compensatory damages against Alex Jones in Sandy Hook trial

HARTFORD, Conn. — A Connecticut jury on Wednesday ordered broadcaster and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay nearly $1 billion in damages to the families of eight Sandy Hook shooting victims and a law enforcement first responder to compensate them for a decade of abuse from people who believe his…

The Independent UK

Alex Jones’ lawyer says he is a ‘mad prophet’ like The Handmaid’s Tale author Margaret Atwood or George Orwell

“There have always been creative geniuses in the world,” Jones’ attorney Norm Pattis says

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