Fox Allowed to Proceed With Challenge Over $2.7 Billion Lawsuit

Fox Corp. can proceed with its claims that Smartmatic Corp.’s $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit wildly exaggerates the financial harm it suffered from broadcasts falsely accusing it of rigging the 2020 US election, a New York judge ruled.

Rejecting the voting machine firm’s request to toss out Fox’s counterclaims, Justice David B. Cohen on Tuesday ruled that Fox can argue Smartmatic is trying to chill its free speech rights with the giant lawsuit.

Cohen is expected to rule soon on Fox’s motion to dismiss Smartmatic’s defamation suit outright. For now, both the suit — which accuses Fox of running ...