A California labor union is facing a defamation suit after a state appellate court ruled that a company executive was justified in filing suit against the union for distributing unflattering leaflets to the executive’s neighbors.
The court ruled that the leafletting concerned a private matter, did not rise to the level of public interest and so was not protected under California’s anti-SLAPP law that outlaws strategic lawsuits against public participation. -db
From the Metropolitan News-Enterprise, May 23, 2011, by Sherri M. Okamoto.