A New York federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a former Fox News Channel producer that claimed Fox News, its parent company 21st Century Fox and Bill O’Reilly breached a 2002 settlement agreement. The producer, Rachel Witlieb Bernstein, one of several women who reached settlement agreements stemming from…

Jon Stewart today will make his first appearance on Fox News Channel since appearing on Bill O’Reilly’s primetime program back in 2014. Stewart will appear at 3 PM ET, on Shep Smith’s program; in the pre-taped interview, the former The Daily Show host continues to champion the World Trade Center Health Program, which…

A federal court judge in New York made public the confidential settlements reached between Bill O’Reilly and three women who accused the former Fox News host of misconduct. Judge Deborah Batts, who is presiding over a defamation suit filed last year, rejected O’Reilly’s request to keep the agreements private (read the…

UPDATED, 4:55 PM: The three women who are suing former Fox News Channel star Bill O’Reilly for defamation today filed court papers (read the docs here) opposing his motion to have the case dismissed or at least arbitrated in private. Nancy Erika Smith, one of the lawyers for Rebecca Gomez Diamond, Andrea Mackris and…

UPDATED with statement from O’Reilly lawyer: If freshly resigned Donald Trump attorney John Dowd suddenly needs some work, here’s a blossoming case: Another former Fox News staffer is suing FNC’s ousted one-time star Bill O’Reilly for defamation arising from statements he made following his April 19 firing from the…

UPDATE, 10:40 AM:  Two additional former Fox News employees have joined a defamation suit against Fox News and Bill O’Reilly filed earlier this month. The three women claim that O’Reilly violated confidentiality and non-disparagement agreements. Andrea Mackris and Rebecca Gomez Diamond joined the defamation suit…

Gretchen Carlson, the former Fox & Friends co-host whose sexual harassment lawsuit against honcho Roger Ailes set off a domino reaction of allegations and departures from the news channel, is calling out her former colleague Bill O’Reilly for portraying himself as a victim of “big money.” “Who are u fooling?”, Carlson…

As part of its efforts to resolve sexual harassment claims at Fox News–and as a component of one $90 million insurance payout–21st Century Fox has formed the Fox News Workplace Professionalism and Inclusion Council. Six workplace and inclusion experts will serve on the council, with four of them coming from outside…

Attorney Lisa Bloom will represent a Facebook user being sued by ex-Fox News Channel host Bill O’Reilly in what the attorney called a “David and Goliath” case. Bloom appeared on ABC’s The View today to try to explain why she was working as part of Harvey Weinstein’s legal team when the New York Times and New Yorker…

Even though the list of powerful Hollywood actors, directors, and executives struggling to keep their careers after embarrassing sexual harassment headlines grows daily, the toxic tidal wave will wash out sooner or later. And then comes the opportunity for moral-minded industry leaders to use this shameful episode as…

During a conference call with Wall Street analysts, Sinclair Broadcast Group CEO Chris Ripley fielded a question about recent press accounts that the company has been negotiating with former Fox News host Bill O’Reilly. “We get approached by people all the time, which is probably where these reports were coming from,&#8221…

With more revelations about multimillion-dollar sexual harassment settlements becoming public, ex-Fox News Channel host Bill O’Reilly threw some muscle around in the courts today to the tune of $5 million. “The relief includes, but is not limited to, reputational damages, monetary damages, special damages, punitive…