OK,Virginia vs wherever Rolling Stone is headquartered...NYC,California,etc.I'd bet everything I own that Governor Palin would lose if the trial occurs in Manhattan,where the Slimes is obviously headquartered.Elsewhere may well be a different story.
Palin’s lawsuit was filed in the Southern District of New York.
http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/2017_0627_palin_nyt.pdf