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Continental Resources CEO Harold Hamm dismisses libel suit

FROM STAFF REPORTSContinental Resources CEO Harold Hamm has dismissed a defamation lawsuit against fellow Oklahoma City oilman Mickey Thompson. Hamm filed the suit in June in Oklahoma County District Court after Thompson wrote a post on his personal Facebook page that was critical of Hamm. Thompson posted a link to a story published by the online news outlet Energywire that reported the University of Oklahoma had asked Hamm for a $25 million donation to create “The Continental Resources Center for Energy Research and Technology” while scientists from the OU-affiliated Oklahoma Geological Survey were trying to formulate an official stance on the link between the recent spate of earthquakes in the state and oil and gas exploration. While noting Hamm's generosity to the University of Oklahoma, Thompson wrote that Hamm "tried to squelch OGS efforts to establish good science on seismicity.Read more on NewsOK.com

 

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