Katherine M. Bolger

Obtained dismissal of libel claim brought against BuzzFeed and Editor-in-Chief Ben Smith by Russian tech entrepreneur and web-hosting companies named in what is now known as the "Steele Dossier," which was published by BuzzFeed in January 2017. The court granted motion for summary judgment on the grounds that BuzzFeed’s publication of the dossier was protected by the fair report privilege and the First Amendment. (S.D. Fla. 2018)

Successfully represented Dow Jones in libel suit brought by a high-ranking Venezuelan official over a Wall Street Journal report on U.S. investigations into drug trafficking and money laundering in Venezuela. The 2nd Circuit affirmed the lower court’s dismissal of the complaint on the grounds that plaintiff failed to plausibly plead actual malice, finding plaintiff’s theory that The Wall Street Journal must have fabricated the anonymous government sources on which it relied to be “patently unbelievable.” (2nd Cir. 2018)