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BERISHA v. LAWSON

No. 19-10315.

973 F.3d 1304 (2020)

Shkelzen BERISHA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Guy LAWSON, Alexander Podrizki, Simon & Schuster, Inc., Recorded Books, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

September 2, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey W. Gutchess , Brandon Perry Rose , AXS Law Group, PLLC, Miami, FL, Jason Michael Zoladz , Law Offices of Jason M. Zoladz, Santa Monica, CA, Daniel Edward Tropin , Lance A. Harke , PA, Miami Shores, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Elizabeth A. McNamara , John M. Browning , Taaj M. Reaves , Joanna E. Summerscales , Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP, New York, NY, Ryan Alan Roman , SunTrust Int'l Ctr., Miami, FL, for Defendant-Appellee Guy Lawson.

Michael Constantine Marsh , Attorney, Akerman, LLP, Miami, FL, Elizabeth A. McNamara , John M. Browning , Taaj M. Reaves , Joanna E. Summerscales , Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP, New York, NY, Ryan Alan Roman , SunTrust Int'l Ctr., Miami, FL, for Defendants-Appellees Alexander Podrizki, David Packouz, Simon & Schuster, Inc., and Recorded Books, Inc.

Jose Javier Teurbe-Tolon , Law Offices of Jose Teurbe-Tolon, PA, Miami, FL, for Service.

Before MARTIN, NEWSOM, and O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judges.

We must decide whether the son of the former Prime Minister of Albania, who alleges that he was defamed in a book that accused him of being involved in an elaborate arms-dealing scandal in the early 2000s, may succeed in his defamation action against the book's author and its publisher.

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