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Dismissal of Defamation and False Light Claim under Tennessee Public Participation Act partially reversed.

Day on Torts

Where plaintiff real estate professional brought an action for defamation and false light based on an online review written by defendant, defendant moved to dismiss the action pursuant to the Tennessee Public Participation Act (TPPA). Here, the first issue was whether the TPPA applied to the facts of this case. In Charles v.

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Can Trump Escape Accountability?  

The Crime Report

As a real estate tycoon, entrepreneur, entertainer, and politician, Donald Trump has boasted that to the best of his ability he has always “taken advantage of the laws. A Trumpian ‘Good Faith Defense’. And frankly, so has everybody else in my position.”.