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WND gets good news in suit against Esquire
Magazine facing $250 million action for false report
WND
2/24/2012
Excerpt:
"A federal court’s recent ruling that the District of Columbia’s anti-defamation statute does not apply in federal cases could help move forward a federal lawsuit brought by WND against Esquire magazine for its false report that the WND Books expose “Where’s the Birth Certificate? The Case That Barack Obama Is Not Eligible To Be President” had been recalled and repudiated by the publisher.
The WND case is being held up because Esquire has filed a motion to dismiss based on D.C.’s anti-SLAPP law, which is designed to protect media and public figures from frivolous lawsuits.
But the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. ruled Feb. 2 in a case brought by the multinational corporation 3M against former Bill Clinton adviser Lanny Davis that D.C.’s anti-SLAPP law does not apply in federal cases.
WND’s attorney, Larry Klayman, said he has notified Judge Rosemary Collier of the ruling in the Davis-3M case and urged her to apply it to WND’s case and deny Esquire’s special motion to dismiss.
Denial of the Esquire motion would allow the case to proceed to discovery."
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View the complete article at:
http://www.wnd.com/2012/02/wnd-gets-...ainst-esquire/
Magazine facing $250 million action for false report
WND
2/24/2012
Excerpt:
"A federal court’s recent ruling that the District of Columbia’s anti-defamation statute does not apply in federal cases could help move forward a federal lawsuit brought by WND against Esquire magazine for its false report that the WND Books expose “Where’s the Birth Certificate? The Case That Barack Obama Is Not Eligible To Be President” had been recalled and repudiated by the publisher.
The WND case is being held up because Esquire has filed a motion to dismiss based on D.C.’s anti-SLAPP law, which is designed to protect media and public figures from frivolous lawsuits.
But the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. ruled Feb. 2 in a case brought by the multinational corporation 3M against former Bill Clinton adviser Lanny Davis that D.C.’s anti-SLAPP law does not apply in federal cases.
WND’s attorney, Larry Klayman, said he has notified Judge Rosemary Collier of the ruling in the Davis-3M case and urged her to apply it to WND’s case and deny Esquire’s special motion to dismiss.
Denial of the Esquire motion would allow the case to proceed to discovery."
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View the complete article at:
http://www.wnd.com/2012/02/wnd-gets-...ainst-esquire/