The price negotiated by city staff is more than the $1.65 million appraised value of the nightclub... .

It was also the severity of the defamation. This is the first paragraph of the RS article that introduces Eramo. Without giving any information other than what Eramo’s job is, it manages to paint her as a conniving, deceitful, callous woman. And this is just her introduction. This is before the actual libel: The…

At first glance it may seem that way - but as I think of it, if I had to choose between being falsely accused of doing something unethical and unkind but not criminal vs. having the entire world see my bare ass having sex with someone - I’m not sure the first one really is worse. If you can disprove that false claim…

Yeah, but the gang rape didn’t happen. She’s not a victim. She concocted a whole person to win the heart of a real person. The whole narrative was a lie, and it got away from her. She is not a victim, she is a person who deliberately started a fire that harmed everyone involved, including herself.

Exactly. I was sad to see Gawker die but they brought that sword down on their own heads. It’s the hypocrisy that really bugged me. They’re either meant to try and be credible journalist or just a rag like the National Enquirer. They tried playing both sides and it was cringe.

Doesn’t that make sense, though? Gawker invaded an individual’s privacy in an incredibly shocking and callous manner. It makes sense that a jury would award a very large amount of damages.

Eugene Volokh looked at this case a while ago. As far as the fraternity or its members, the answer seems to be.....eh. I think the strongest case for them might be the false allegation that this took place as part of an initiation ceremony, which would imply that many (or most) of the fraternity’s members knew or…

No one was named, but the House was and everyone in the house’s name was instantly sullied by association. The house was vandalized along with many of the member’s cars. The article was also written with descriptions of some of the unnamed members that people associated with specific people. Not only did the article…

I don’t think Thiel can really get blame for Gawker’s losing. Remember that it lost the trial and only decided against appealing when it found out that Hogan wouldn’t be forced to give up due to lack of funds. Essentially, all Thiel did was stop Gawker from using its funds to game the legal system.

Right. Because a “brief snippet” of a sex time is no big deal.

So revenge porn is ok if the ‘snippet’ is brief?

RS and Erdeley publicly: We were wrong and made a big mistake. = $3 million

Starbucks is pretty decent to its workers. Not sure I agree with tossing this guy under the bus just because he’s rich and doesn’t donate ALL of his money.

Do you really believe all profits should be split evenly between the founder of a company and its employees?

Hamilton’s take is that Schultz is obnoxious and exploitative. I agree he is obnoxious, but think that Starbucks is a pretty great gig for the unskilled worker as they give you stock options, 401k, pay toward your degrees, etc. I wouldn’t consider these programs exploitative.

No, I am not saying they should be kissing the ground he walks on, but my understanding is that he is a generally good CEO and that Starbucks is a good place to work for if you have no skills.

not sure the details but I am decently sure you’re right - I don’t think the Starbucks closest to my office has changed personnel in over 2 years, its the same people every morning. Standard jobs of that nature are lucky to keep people for 2 months, so they must be doing something right. I think they have student loan…

They will pay for most of your college education too I believe.

Short answer: yes

Isn’t Starbucks one of the best case scenarios for lower wage workers? It was my understanding that they have been offering benefits and stuff for years before anyone gave that to service industry workers.