Former New York Gov. and former CNN talk show host Eliot Spitzer has been slapped with two libel lawsuits over a column he wrote for Slate about an insurance firm he investigated in 2004 for allegedly taking kickbacks and bid-rigging.Two former executives for the insurance broker Marsh & McLennan filed suit on Friday claiming that Spitzer defamed them in his August 22, 2010, column for Slate, called “They Still Don’t Get It.” William Gilman, former executive marketing director for Marsh, and Edward McNenney, former global placement director for the firm, are seeking a combined $90 million for the column, which was posted shortly after their felony antitrust convictions were thrown out.
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