Signage for the Newsmax television broadcasting network is displayed at a broadcast TV booth at the National Rifle Association (NRA) annual meeting at the George R. Brown Convention Center, in Houston, Texas, on May 28, 2022. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images
A federal judge in Florida has dismissed Newsmax’s antitrust suit against Fox Corp. over the way it was drafted, but the upstart news outlet has vowed to refile.
U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon in South Florida dismissed the case without prejudice on Sept. 5, saying Newsmax’s complaint qualified as an impermissible “shotgun pleading” that lumped all prior allegations into each count. She noted that the 11th Circuit has repeatedly condemned this drafting tactic as confusing and unworkable.
