Provisional Settlement Reached in 'Lott v. Levitt' Defamation Lawsuit

By DAVID GLENN

John R. Lott Jr.'s defamation lawsuit against a fellow economist, Steven D. Levitt, has provisionally been settled -- but it may yet roar back to life.

In documents filed on Friday in federal court, the two parties outlined a settlement that requires Mr. Levitt, who is a professor of economics at the...