{
  "id": 2716673,
  "title": "Defamation Suit Demanding Elsevier Retract Paper Heads Closer To Trial",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/23/defamation-suit-demanding-elsevier-retract-paper-heads-closer-to-trial",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-23T04:33:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Slashdot",
    "slug": "slashdot",
    "url": "https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/08/23/0113210/defamation-suit-demanding-elsevier-retract-paper-heads-closer-to-trial"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A trial date has been set for a $1 billion defamation case against Elsevier, with allegations that the company published a manipulated study about an air purifying technology. The plaintiffs, Global Plasma Solutions (GPS), claim that Elsevier published a 2021 paper in Building and Environment that omitted data and contained misleading conclusions, resulting in significant financial losses for GPS. Despite GPS's objections, Elsevier proceeded with the article, leading GPS to file the lawsuit. U.S. Magistrate Judge David Keesler allowed the case to proceed, stating that GPS has plausibly alleged actual malice by Elsevier. Chief Judge Martin Reidinger of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina upheld Keesler's recommendation. The case has already resulted in a $10,000 sanction against Elsevier.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Retraction Watch",
        "title": "Defamation suit demanding Elsevier retract paper heads closer to trial",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/defamation-suit-demanding-elsevier-retract-paper-heads-closer-to-trial",
        "published": "2026-08-21T16:32:15.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}