\u201cDefendant Sheldon Adelson has been a long-time enemy of the First Amendment and the press,\u201d it alleges. \u201cFor decades, he has filed and prosecuted one frivolous and ultimately unsuccessful defamation case after another. His object has always been clear: chill free speech and silence those that would speak out against him.”<\/p>\n
Against this campaign of oppression, courageous journalists have nonetheless doggedly investigated Adelson\u2019s suspicious business dealings, lawsuits, and political activities while shining a disinfecting sunlight on his actions,\u201d said the Sun’s lawyers.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
But Benjamin Lipman, LVRJ\u2019s vice president of legal affairs and general counsel, told Bloomberg Law<\/em> the lawsuit appeared to be retaliation for the breach of contract claim.<\/p>\n\u201cWe believe the allegations are baseless and do not have merit,\u201d he added. \u201cWe intend to fight the case and we\u2019re confident we will succeed\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
In March, a lawyer for LVS revealed that Adelson was seriously ill and had been undergoing treatment for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
LVS Corp casino mogul Sheldon Adelson began a \u201ccalculated scheme\u201d to monopolize the Las Vegas newspaper industry by \u201cstrangling the sole remaining competitor and dissenting voice\u201d after he purchased the Las Vegas Review-Journal in 2015. That\u2019s according to an antitrust lawsuit filed this week by said competitor, The Las Vegas Sun. Competitors they may be, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":115748,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,60],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Sheldon Adelson and LVRJ Sued by Las Vegas Sun for Strangling Competition<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n