Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s Ted Boutrous helped convince a San Diego judge to toss a defamation suit against MSNBC host Rachel Maddow after reporting a conservative news outlet had ties to the Kremlin. 

In an order Friday, U.S. District Judge Cynthia Bashant of the Southern District of California granted a motion to strike the defamation claims brought by One America News Network’s parent company, Herring Networks Inc.