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The Aristocrats: Consumer Online Reviews Are on “Issue[s] of Public Interest” for N.Y. Anti-SLAPP Purposes
From Aristocrat Plastic Surgery, P.C. v. Silva, decided today by a New York intermediate appellate court, in an opinion by Justice Julio Rodriguez III:
The primary issue on this appeal is the scope of “public interest” as defined in the 2020 amendments to New York State’s anti-strategic lawsuit against public participation (anti-SLAPP) statute. We hold that defendant’s reviews on internet recommendation platforms of plaintiff physician’s treatment were communications made “in connection with an issue of public interest” …. Accordingly, defendant is entitled to seek attorneys’ fees and damages ….
New York courts have generally applied a broad interpretation to what constitutes a matter of public concern. “Matters of public concern include matters of political, social, or other concer
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