FBI Settles Defamation Case for $6 Million for International Wrongful Dissemination of Information

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Friday, September 1, 2000
Author: 
Bruce Zagaris
Volume: 
16
Issue: 
9
Abstract: 
On April 26, 2000, the U.S. Government signed a settlement agreement, in which it agreed to pay Tom Stewart, a businessman from Lake Oswego, Oregon $6 million in damages in the largest ever settlement or award arising from a Privacy Act violation...[more]