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Article: Federal Court Grants Consumers Union's Anti-SLAPP Motion in Sharper Image vs. Consumers Union; Statement of CU Pres. Jim Guest
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- U.S. Newswire
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- November 10, 2004
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YONKERS, N.Y., Nov. 10 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following is a
satement of Jim Guest, president of Consumers Union (CU), publisher
Of Consumer Reports, on Sharper Image vs. Consumers Union:
"Consumers Union applauds this important ruling. By granting our
anti-SLAPP motion and dismissing Sharper Image's lawsuit, the
district court has strengthened the right of the American consumer to
independent, objective consumer product reviews and reporting.
Sharper Image's campaign to squelch honest criticism of the Ionic
Breeze Quadra is exactly the type of meritless lawsuit that
California's anti-SLAPP statute was designed to prevent.
"We are especially pleased that, under California's Anti-SLAPP ...