Dole (the Fruit Company Giant, Not the Former Senator,) Slips On Peel, Gets Smacked With Attorney Fees In Suit

A judge has awarded $200,000 in fees and costs to the makers of the documentary Bananas! after they won a motion under California’s anti-SLAPP law. The filmmakers made the movie which investigated Dole’s treatment of farm workers in Nicaragua; Dole responded by filling a defamation suit against the movie makers but dropped the suit later. More here from The Hollywood Reporter’s THR’s Esq. Blog.