A Rhode Island podiatrist claimed that Maine’s two largest newspapers wrongly accused him of malpractice, and brought a libel suit saying the articles resulted in a loss of employment and future earnings estimated to exceed $3.4 million.
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Following a lawsuit filed in Washington County Superior Court by national activist Ralph Nader, a judge in Maine said the state’s anti-SLAPP law needs further review by the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.
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A coastal Maine blogger who criticized the state's tourism office was hit with a lawsuit seeking potentially more than $1 million in damages for allegedly making false statements and posting on his website, Maine Web Report, images from proposed tourism advertisements a New York agency prepared for Maine officials.
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