News anchors work at Newsmax’s booth during the second day of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, July 16, 2024.
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A federal judge dismissed Newsmax’s antitrust lawsuit against Fox News just two days after it was filed, while leaving the door open for the right-leaning media outlet to resubmit an amended version.
Newsmax’s five-count civil complaint against Fox is an impermissible “shotgun pleading” because four of the counts “incorporate all preceding allegations,” Judge Aileen Cannon wrote in the order dated Thursday in southern Florida federal court.
“The Court has an independent obligation to dismiss such pleadings and require repleader,” Cannon wrote.
Newsmax told CNBC in a statement, “We understand this is just a technical matter and our law firm is refiling.”
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