Court affirms that BP oil spill bloggers are protected by state statute ...
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The ACLU of
Massachusetts hails the Supreme Judicial Court’s ruling today, which
holds that two bloggers, sued for defamation by the scientific
consulting firm Cardno Chemrisk, were protected by the state’s
anti-SLAPP (strategic lawsuit against public participation) statute,
from being sued by the firm.
The unanimous decision in Cardno Chemrisk v. Foytlin held that the firm could not sue bloggers Cherri Foytlin and Karen Savage because their critical Huffington Post piece
about Cardno Chemrisk’s work related to the BP oil spill was reasonably
based in fact. “The ruling is an important and timely reaffirmation of
the right to petition the government,” said Sarah Wunsch, deputy legal director for the ACLU of Massachusetts.
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