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France - Court awards punitive damages against satirical magazine

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The Nîmes appeal court has awarded libel damages and costs of more than 91,000 euros jointly against the satirical weekly l'Agglo-Rieuse, journalist Jean-Marc Aubert and publisher Tristan Cuche. The suit was brought against the weekly for an article headlined: “Swindle alleged, but what happened to all the cash?” published in May 2010, in which Aubert wrote about legal actions against the businessman Robert Garzillo and referred to criticism of the Strada Group and its subsidiaries, of which (...)

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