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D.C. high court allows immediate appeal of denial of anti-SLAPP motion
The District of Columbia's high court ruled Thursday that denials of anti-SLAPP motions to quash are immediately appealable, reversing a…
May 30, 2014
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Newspaper's statements about school principal are opinion and not defamatory, N.Y. judge rules
Articles published by the New York Daily News calling a former school principal a “firebrand” and a “principal of hate”…
May 1, 2013
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Dismissal of N.Y. journalist's libel suit against critic upheld
A New York appellate panel upheld the dismissal of a defamation suit filed by a journalist against a prominent AIDS…
February 26, 2013
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Judge denies blogger retrial in Oregon defamation case
A federal judge denied a motion for retrial in the case of a self-described investigative blogger, ruling that private figure…
April 3, 2012
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Prisoner who placed online ad must prove actual malice
An incarcerated felon who placed a personal advertisement on a website is a limited purpose public figure who could not…
February 23, 2011
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