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LAS VEGAS (AP) — A California judge has ordered casino mogul Steve Wynn to pay $422,380 in legal fees and costs to the Wall Street hedge fund manager Wynn sued for defamation.
Last week District Judge William H. Orrick reduced the amount James Chanos requested — $590,699 — saying he didn't provide materials justifying high hourly-rates for paralegals and the large number of attorney hours.
A Wynn spokesman declined to comment.
Orrick dismissed Wynn's case in March under California's anti-SLAPP statute that aims to stop lawsuits stifling free speech. The judge said statements by Chanos about Wynn and Wynn Resorts Ltd. at a UC Berkeley academic conference were not defamatory.
Wynn backed a state law this year aimed at weakening Nevada's anti-SLAPP provisions. Lawmakers passed a watered-down version retaining most of the same protections.
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