anti-slapp
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Colorado Supreme Court ponders when negative online reviews are insulated from lawsuits
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Members of the Colorado Supreme Court considered last week whether a person’s vindictive motivations in posting a negative online review can nevertheless relate to a matter of public interest, and potentially shield the commentary from a defamation lawsuit. For the first time, the state’s highest court examined Colorado’s 2019 “anti-SLAPP” law, which stands for “strategic…
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Appeals court dismisses state contractor’s defamation suit against Denver7
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Colorado’s second-highest court agreed earlier this month that a former vaccine distribution contractor for the state failed to show Denver7 should be liable for defamation through its series of stories about the company’s problems. Between 2021 and 2022, Denver7 published four articles describing employees of Jogan Health, LLC not receiving payments, false statements in Jogan…
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2 appeals judges warn of diverging interpretations to Colorado’s free speech protection law
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Two members of Colorado’s second-highest court warned in separate cases on Thursday that they believe judges are drifting away from the legislature’s directive for evaluating whether defamation lawsuits should be dismissed under a 2019 law designed to protect free speech. More than two years ago, Judges Ted C. Tow III and Michael H. Berger were…
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Defamation suit may proceed against conservative radio outlet, talk show host: appeals court
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A former executive of Denver-based Dominion Voting Systems may proceed with his defamation lawsuit against the owner of a conservative talk radio station and one of its hosts, Colorado’s second-highest court ruled on Thursday. The latest in a string of recent decisions favoring plaintiff Eric Coomer, a three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals concluded Coomer…
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Colorado Supreme Court to examine whether portion of anti-SLAPP law is unconstitutional
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The Colorado Supreme Court announced on Monday that it will address whether lawmakers inadvertently violated the state constitution by creating a unique pathway for appeals under a law designed to shield First Amendment conduct from lawsuits. At least three of the court’s seven members must agree to hear a case on appeal. The justices also accepted…
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Appeals court green-lights ex-Dominion executive’s defamation claim against Rudy Giuliani
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Colorado’s second-highest court agreed on Thursday that a former executive of Denver-based Dominion Voting Systems may proceed with a defamation claim against Rudy Giuliani for his unproven accusations of election rigging in the 2020 presidential race. The decision by a three-judge panel of the Court of Appeals mirrored a more comprehensive opinion issued in April,…
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Appeals court permits claim to proceed against 9News for security guard shooting
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Colorado’s second-highest court on Thursday concluded 9News can be held liable for the actions of a security guard who accompanied a producer during an October 2020 rally in downtown Denver and ended up fatally shooting a man after a brief confrontation. At the same time, a three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals agreed 9News…
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Appeals court rules Colorado free speech law applies in eviction cases, urges legislature to reconsider
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Colorado’s second-highest court ruled for the first time last week that a 2019 law intended to protect First Amendment activity from litigation does apply to eviction proceedings and to claims across the board, not simply to defamation lawsuits. However, in an unusual move, a three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals explicitly called on lawmakers…