Editing Charlie Ergen (section)

==Litigation==
Various lawsuits in which Ergen has been involved include:

* In 2013 and 2014, Harbinger Capital Partners, a hedge fund managed by [[Philip Falcone]], sued Dish Network and Charles Ergen personally in federal court in New York City, alleging [[racketeering]] and claiming that Dish Network had illegally tried to take away the hedge fund's control over LightSquared Inc. during its bankruptcy. In 2015, the federal court dismissed the suit.<ref>{{cite web |last=Stempel|first=Jonathan|title=Harbinger sues Dish, Ergen over LightSquared, seeks $1.5 billion |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-dish-network-harbinger-lawsuit-idUSKCN0PV2B920150721 |website=Reuters |language=en |date=21 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Dish, Ergen Escape Harbinger's $1.5B Suit Over LightSquared - Law360 |url=https://www.law360.com/media/articles/649158/dish-ergen-escape-harbinger-s-1-5b-suit-over-lightsquared |website=www.law360.com |language=en}}</ref>
* The Iron Workers Mid-South Pension Fund filed suit against Ergen in federal court in Colorado in September 2013. Ergen bought large amounts of LightSquared's debt at deep discounts while it was in bankruptcy. Ergen then made a personal bid of $2 billion to acquire LightSquared's assets. This increased the price that Dish had to bid in order to acquire LightSquared's rights to wireless spectrum. Indeed, Ergen ordered Dish to bid $2.2 billion on these assets. The suit claims this was a breach of Ergen's fiduciary duties to Dish shareholders.<ref name="fraud">{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/shareholders-sue-dish-charlie-ergen-637535|title=Shareholders Sue Dish, Charlie Ergen Over $2.2 Billion Spectrum Bid|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=26 September 2013|access-date=19 September 2018}}</ref> Dish and Ergen prevailed in the litigation.
* In 2005, a discrimination lawsuit was filed against EchoStar in federal court in Denver by an employee who said that EchoStar had engaged in "hostile conduct" against her after she had a baby in 2001.<ref name="SEXDISC">{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Female EchoStar Executives Charge Ergen with 'Abusive Behavior' |newspaper=Denver Post |location=United States |date=6 April 2005|url=https://www.denverpost.com/2006/06/11/echostar-worker-suit-alleges-sex-misconduct/}}</ref> The lawsuit was settled for an undisclosed amount in August 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_3925845 |title=EchoStar worker suit alleges sex misconduct |publisher=denverpost.com |date=2006-06-12 |access-date=2016-03-28}}</ref>