CNN says this is not a nuisance lawsuit, that they provided many
examples and proving defamation will be easy but proving damages will be
harder (harder than easy).

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/04/b...s-lawsuit.html
Fox News Is Sued by Election Technology Company for Over $2.7 Billion

Smartmatic accused Rupert Murdoch’s network of promoting a false
narrative about the 2020 election that damaged the company.

By Jonah E. Bromwich and Ben Smith

Feb. 4, 2021Updated 1:24 p.m. ET

Rupert Murdoch’s Fox Corporation and three of its popular anchors are
the targets of a $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit filed on Thursday by a
company that became a prominent subject of discredited theories about
widespread fraud in the 2020 presidential election.

Smartmatic, an election technology company, filed the suit in New York
State Supreme Court on Thursday against the Fox Corporation, Fox News
and the anchors Lou Dobbs, Maria Bartiromo and Jeanine Pirro. As part of
the same action, the company is suing Rudolph W. Giuliani and Sidney
Powell, who made the case for election fraud as guests on Fox programs
while representing President Donald J. Trump.

In its 276-page complaint, Smartmatic argues that Mr. Giuliani and Ms.
Powell “created a story about Smartmatic” and that “Fox joined the
conspiracy to defame and disparage Smartmatic and its election
technology and software.”

“The story turned neighbor against neighbor,” the complaint continues.
“The story led a mob to attack the U.S. Capitol.”

Smartmatic, which provided services for the 2020 election in only one
county, filed its suit in the tense aftermath of a vote that Mr. Trump
and his supporters have repeatedly and falsely described as rigged or
stolen. Right-wing outlets, including Fox and its upstart competitors
Newsmax and OANN, have given significant broadcast time to those seeking
to subvert the election outcome at a time of a rancorous political
divide, when conspiratorial notions have moved into the mainstream.

Smartmatic is seeking damages of “no less than $2.7 billion,” the
complaint says, and is requesting a jury trial. Its move against Fox
follows two lawsuits filed last month by Dominion Voting Systems: one
against Mr. Giuliani, the other against Ms. Powell. Dominion is another
company named by conspiracy theorists claiming election fraud.