Legal scholars were as startled as anyone by the scale of the damages awarded by a Florida jury on Friday to the retired professional wrestler known as Hulk Hogan in his suit against Gawker.com for posting a sex tape.
But several experts on the First Amendment said on Saturday that the $115 million award was very likely to be reduced and that even if the verdict against Gawker survived scrutiny in higher courts, any wider effect on press freedoms was likely to be limited.
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