[ih] Defamation lawsuit brought by self-proclaimed email "inventor" settles

[Richard Bennett]

Did they? As it stands, Techdirt will not collect any fees and its SLAPP suit has been dropped. 

> On May 19, 2019, at 4:17 AM, Dr Eberhard W Lisse <el at lisse.na> wrote:
> 
> Richard,
> 
> that is a bit selective.
> 
> They did win the first round.
> 
> But as protected speech. An Anti-SLAPP win would have allowed them to recover costs, which in US litigation is notably rare.
> 
> el
> 
> -- 
> Sent from Dr Lisse's iPad mini
> On 19 May 2019, 06:54 +0200, Richard Bennett <richard at bennett.com>, wrote:
>> Techdirt already lost its anti-SLAPP suit against Ayyadurai. Given Masnick’s penchant for hyperbole, that wasn’t surprising. 
>> 
>> RB 
> 
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