Dozens of former writers and editors at Gawker will receive a legal shield designed to protect them from lawsuits arising from stories they wrote for the entertainment and gossip website in return for backing the companys liquidation plan.
Gawker and its sister sites had been the focus of a series of damaging lawsuits over posts it had published. One of those stories, which featured a sex tape involving former professional wrestler Hulk Hogan, resulted in a $140 million judgment that ultimately forced the company into bankruptcy.
The mechanics of the arrangement with former editorial workers are laid out in Gawker Medi…
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