I may have got my wires crossed. There was a lawyer threatened with fines etc. if he proceded with any appeal of Hollister V Soetoro. Maybe not Ziegler.
It was Ziegler who was roughed up at a presentation in private for one Katie Couric. He wanted to claim the Perkster was not a journalist- she was an advocate. I believe the award was the Walter Cronkite award.
There! hope I fixed it.
I heard about Ziegler getting arrested at USC but not the lawsuit part.