A federal appeals court has ruled that a judge erred in dismissing a defamation case brought by former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin against The New York Times during jury deliberations in 2022. Palin's lawsuit stemmed from a 2017 editorial that mistakenly linked her to a mass shooting, a claim the newspaper later corrected. This ruling could prompt the Supreme Court to reconsider its precedent set in New York Times v. Sullivan, which established a challenging standard for public figures to prove defamation.

In a separate legal development, a jury in Nevada has convicted former Las Vegas politician Robert Tellis of first-degree murder in the death of investigative journalist Jeff Gherman. The jury found Tellis guilty of using a deadly weapon in the murder of Gherman, who was 60 years old and had written critical articles about him. Tellis, who has been held without bail since his arrest in 2022, displayed no emotion as the verdict was announced.