Palantir loses legal challenge to force Swiss magazine to publish rejoinders
Summary
The US tech company Palantir lost most of its legal case against a Swiss magazine that published articles about Palantir failing to secure Swiss government contracts. The court ruled that only one part of the story required a published response from Palantir, and the company must pay most of the legal costs.Key Facts
- Palantir sued a Swiss independent magazine for not publishing its responses to critical articles.
- The court rejected 22 out of 23 countersuit requests by Palantir and its Swiss subsidiary.
- The articles reported that Palantir had not won any contracts with the Swiss government despite being in Switzerland for nearly four years.
- The investigation was done by the magazine Republik and the WAV research collective using freedom of information requests.
- Swiss media law allows a right of reply but requires responses to be short and factual, which the court enforced.
- Palantir must pay most of the court costs and legal fees related to the case.
- Only one article statement about Palantir’s software origin required a published counterstatement.
- Palantir said it welcomes being allowed to publish a counterstatement as part of open debate.
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