Big beef's $1.2 billion defamation lawsuit against ABC — essentially over the network's use of the phrase "pink slime" — has been allowed to proceed. In the suit, the South Dakota-based Beef Products Inc. claims the negative reportage caused the closure of three plants and 700 layoffs, arguing the network intentionally wanted to damage the company's reputation. [AP; previously]
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