$70 Million Fight Gets the Greenlight

Good luck!

A New York judged ruled on Tuesday that legendary anchorman Dan Rather can proceed with a $70 million breach-of-contract lawsuit against his former employer, CBS, for firing him.

However, the judge said that Rather can’t sue CBS Corp. for fraud, or the broadcaster and one-time parent Viacom Inc. on claims they interfered with his contract.

Dan’s lawyer told the media after the ruling, “I think the breach-of-contract claim is essentially a slam dunk, there’s no defense to that. They had fiduciary obligations to Dan and they breached them.”

A trial date will be set on October 7th.

Take down the big, bad ‘man’, Dan!

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