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ARTICLE · 21 JULY 2020

Can A Blawg Be Liable For Defamation? Not Likely (Whew!)

We're speaking about Wexler v. Dorsey & Whitney LLP, ___ F. Appx. ___, 2020 WL 3864950 (2d Cir. July 9, 2020) ("Wexler III").

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There but for the grace of [fill in your preferred deity] go we. . . .

We're speaking about Wexler v. Dorsey & Whitney LLP, ___ F. Appx. ___, 2020 WL 3864950 (2d Cir. July 9, 2020) ("Wexler III"). Like us, the defendant law firm in Wexler operates a legal blog. Like us, that legal blog reflects a defense perspective (its subject being Telephone Consumer Protection Act ("TCPA") litigation). Like us, one of the distribution methods for the legal blog in Wexler is through legal aggregation services. See generally, 2020 WL 3864950, at *1.

Further, like us, one of the things that this other blog does is to comment on questionable activities by the other side of the "v." And like us, this other blog can get snarky in its description of such foibles. Unlike us (at least so far), this other defense blog got sued over one of its posts. "[Plaintiff], an attorney proceeding pro se, sued [defendant law firm] and its former associate . . . for defamation under New York state

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