[mr.sarcastic]

Payments in suits like this are typically paid by insurance, not out of city funds. Defamation and slander by any entity, public or private, is a solid and defensible reason for filing suit. Free Republic isn't just the best darn site on the web, but it is also Jim's livelihood, a livelihood that is put at risk by allowing defamation, such as the "hate group" label, to go unchallenged.

[Way2Serious]

Payments in suits like this are typically paid by insurance, not out of city funds.

Good point. Screw big business. They can spare $1M. It's chump change to them, right?