N.Y. Court Rejects Attempt to Classify Lawyer’s Libel Action as SLAPP Suit
An environmental group and its director have lost their bid to recover attorney fees and compensatory and punitive damages from an attorney who filed an allegedly frivolous defamation suit against them, a New York appellate court has ruled. The Appellate Division, 1st Department held that the lawyer’s claim did not amount to a “Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation,” more commonly referred to as a SLAPP suit, since he was not a “public applicant” or “permittee” under the civil rights statute.
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