Clare Locke LLP

When their reputations are on the line, billionaires, celebrities, CEOs, and even heads of state call on Clare Locke LLP to protect what matters most. We are proud and honored to represent the Macrons in their lawsuit against Candace Owens. cnn.com/2025/07/23/wor…

“Readers online pointed out that they knew something was off as soon as they read the article. ‘The abundance of truth was a dead giveaway,’ one reader posted on social media. ‘This wasn't the rotting cesspool of misinformation I've come to know and love over the years. There's no excuse for publishing accurate news like this. Do better, New York Times.’” babylonbee.com/news/new-york-…

In November 2023, the now-defunct G/O Media’s sports blog Deadspin published an article falsely accusing a 9-year old boy of wearing blackface and showing hatred towards Native Americans at a Chiefs–Raiders game in Las Vegas. @ClareLockeLLP represented that awesome kiddo and his parents in a defamation lawsuit arising from those allegations. Today, that case has resolved, and the Armenta family has been vindicated. G/O Media’s CEO, @JimSpanfeller, has issued a public apology acknowledging “that this young fan was wearing both red and black face paint, which he wore to cheer on the Chiefs, and that his family is part of the Chumash Indian tribe. . . . [W]e are sorry, and we apologize to the Armenta family for any adverse impact the article caused them.” g-omedia.com We are honored to have represented the Armenta family, and we are gratified that their reputations have been restored. This outcome is a powerful affirmation that the truth matters—and that it is repugnant to use a child as a political football. Finally, we would be remiss if we did not say that we are glad to see G/O Media winding down and going out of business. Journalism—indeed, our Nation as a whole—is better now that G/O Media, and its former employees, @carronJphillips (who wrote the false and defamatory article) and Jim Rich (Deadspin’s chief editor), are no longer contributing to the national conversation.

I know from experience that being in the public eye makes me a frequent target for sensationalized media coverage. I get that it comes with the territory but there are legal limits on false reports. And while I may have been willing to "let it go" in the past, I'm no longer going to sit quietly and take it when those lines are crossed. I have retained world-class defamation counsel Tom Clare to advise and represent me on this "article" by Hunterbrook and anyone who reposts it. More to come....Lots 😉

"[P]erhaps your ultimate career goal is to start your own law firm, so you can have the freedom to take on cases and causes that matter to you. I generally advise people to gain some experience by working for someone else first—as does Libby Locke, who was a partner at Kirkland & Ellis before leaving to launch Clare Locke, today one of the nation’s leading plaintiff-side defamation law firms."

"Locke touted smaller firms like her own, describing today as 'a golden age for boutique law firms.' At Clare Locke, she’s been able to take cases that she cares about, for controversial clients—such as former Alaska governor Sarah Palin’s defamation lawsuit against The New York Times, which she doubts she could have handled back at Kirkland."

In @DavidLat's Original Jurisdiction article, 3 Tips For Having A Career As A Politically Engaged Lawyer, @libbylocke says “Don’t worry about the prestige, the money, or the title you think you may be giving up.” davidlat.substack.com/p/3-tips-for-h…

Clare Locke LLP’s @libbylocke shares her thoughts on how to build a courageous career at #FedSoc2024. It begins by rejecting the traditional path in BigLaw where conservative lawyers’ careers are more at risk than ever.

Clare Locke LLP with a strong showing at this year’s @FedSoc National Lawyers’ Convention … a place where Justices Gorsuch and Breyer can debate and jest with civility. #Fedsoc2024 @Jtaylorede @libbylocke

S/O to @ClareLockeLLP @pnjaban @Jtaylorede @remark86 and many others for their great legal work to secure a victory against @CNN.

Pro tip: Start w/ the concurrence on p. 31. "If you stay on the bench long enough, you see a lot of things. Still, I never thought I’d see a major news organization downplaying the importance of telling the truth in its broadcasts. But that is what CNN has done in this case."🔥🔥

The Eleventh Circuit calls out CNN's journalistic misconduct--and the ridiculous lawyer "arguments ... advanced for strategic purposes in this lawsuit"--in an absolutely devastating takedown of "The Most Trusted Name in News." Clare Locke is proud to hold CNN to account. media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/f…

Clare Locke LLP announces its global alliance with Schillings UK and Giles George in Australia. With this new strategic alliance, Clare Locke is joining forces with two of the world’s leading reputation law firms to create a new coalition of high-stakes problem solvers. Together, our global reach will offer clients an unrivaled set of capabilities and service coverage, with a global team of best-in-class operators in key international hubs. clarelocke.com/wp-content/upl…

Journalism—and the country as a whole—is better today now that Carron Phillips no longer has a platform to target innocent kids with his agenda-driven writing.  We are also grateful to G/O Media for infusing the company with cash that can be used to pay the judgment the Armenta family is going to win against it.

Over my 35-year career, I have been the subject of many thousands of articles, including extremely negative, inaccurate, and libelous articles, yet I have never sued a media organization or a journalist. Beginning in early January of this year, Business Insider released a series of stories about my partner in life, @NeriOxman, that were defamatory, materially false and misleading, and designed to cause her harm, principally because the reporters do not like me, my support for Israel, and my advocacy to remove former Harvard President Claudine Gay due to her leadership failures, and her lack of moral clarity. These are not fantastical accusations. We prove them with detailed empirical evidence in a 77-page demand letter that we sent to @axelspringer this morning, and that we are sharing publicly now. After I posted weeks ago on @X that I intended to sue @Businessinsider and its parent company Axel Springer for defamation, I heard from a number of people that I highly respect who strongly discouraged me from suing, pleading with me to find another solution to resolve this mess. These individuals did not question that Neri and I had been defamed, but rather they explained that Axel Springer has been perhaps the strongest long-term supporter of the state of Israel of any media organization, and also an important advocate against antisemitism. I also recently had the opportunity to have dinner with Mathias Döpfner, the CEO of Axel Springer, and he seemed like a good man. We did not, however, discuss the Business Insider reporting or the lawsuit that night, but my opportunity to meet him confirmed much of what I had been told about him and Axel Springer. Upon consideration of the advice we have received from people we highly respect and my opportunity to meet Mathias Döpfner, we are making an effort to avoid litigation by sending Axel Springer this demand letter in which we outline with particularity all of the facts around BI’s reporting of this matter, the factual inaccuracies in its reporting, Axel Springer’s false statements about BI’s reporting, and a proposed resolution. If we can resolve this matter as we have proposed, we can avoid litigation, and more importantly, we can hopefully end Business Insider’s unethical and unprofessional practices. If indeed Axel Springer is the professional ethical media company that I am told it is and it purports to be, it cannot continue to own and control Business Insider if it continues to operate as it has historically. The 77-page demand letter can be found here: clarelocke.com/OxmanRetraction I strongly encourage you to read the letter. The letter includes the detailed WhatsApp, SMS, and email correspondence that I and Fran McGill, our head of communications, had with the main protagonists in this situation including Henry Blodget, Chairman and Founder of Business Insider, Mathias Döpfner, CEO of Axel Springer, Henry Kravis, Co-Executive Chairman of KKR, Martin Varsavsky, Director of Axel Springer, Katherine Long, BI’s Investigative Reporter, and John Cook, Executive Editor of BI. It will not go unnoticed that the demand letter reads remarkably similarly to the pleadings of a lawsuit. If needed, we can convert the demand letter into a complaint and file a lawsuit, which I hope is unnecessary. Business Insider is well known for its dishonest and unprofessional journalism. BI’s actions here are sadly representative of its approach to journalism, and similar to its many other unfair, sensational, false and misleading attacks on high-profile people designed to satisfy the politics and preferences of its journalists, and to drive advertising revenues. Business Insider has caused enormous harm and reputational damage to many with its false and misleading reporting and unethical tactics. Remarkably, however, Business Insider’s CEO and Axel Springer’s spokesperson claim that Business Insider is a paragon of journalistic professionalism, ethics, and virtue. In January, when I publicly challenged the accuracy and reporting of the stories, Business Insider’s CEO, Barbara Peng, stated that: “The process we went through to report, edit, and review the stories was sound, as was the timing… The stories are accurate and the facts well documented.” Similarly, Adib Sisani, Axel Springer’s spokesperson said: “I’m certain the sourcing and technical journalistic work done was spotless.” I strongly encourage you to compare the above statements with the empirical evidence and other irrefutable facts that are included in our demand letter, and judge for yourself. The demand letter was prepared by Libby Locke of Clare Locke LLP, a firm best known for its recent representation of Dominion Voting Machine in its lawsuit against Fox that resulted in a $787.5 million settlement for Dominion. Libby and her partner Tom Clare are the rock stars of defamation law. They should be your first call if something like what happened to Neri and me happens to you.

I'm honored to represent the Armenta family in their fight to bring justice to Deadspin. Thank you to @LelandVittert and @NewsNation for allowing the Armenta family to share their story. newsnationnow.com/on-balance-wit…

Clare Locke founding partners Tom Clare and Libby Locke share their story--law and life--with David Lat for his latest podcast. #details" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">davidlat.substack.com/p/tom-clare-li…

Clare Locke is celebrating its historic settlement on behalf of Dominion Voting Systems against Fox News. $787,500,000. The largest defamation settlement in US history. nytimes.com/live/2023/04/1…

Dominion wins rare judgment against Fox News on every legal issue but actual malice before blockbuster trial READ MORE: bit.ly/3nA6KsT