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FRANCHINI v. INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY, INC.

No. 19-1389.

981 F.3d 1 (2020)

Thomas FRANCHINI, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY, INC., d/b/a Investor's Business Daily, Defendant, Appellant, and Bangor Publishing Company, Inc., d/b/a Bangor Daily News; Meg Haskell; Edward Murphy; Gannett Company, Inc., d/b/a USA Today; Donovan Slack; Sally Pipes; MTM Acquisition, Inc., d/b/a Portland Press Herald, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

November 13, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell B. Pierce, Jr. , with whom Norman, Hanson & DeTroy, LLC, Portland, ME, were on brief, for appellant.

Raymond W. Belair , with whom Belair & Associates, P.C., New York, NY, were on brief, for appellee.

Before Lynch, Circuit Judge, and Saris , District Judge.

Investor's Business Daily (IBD) appeals from the denial of its special motion to dismiss under Maine's anti-SLAPP law Thomas Franchini's defamation suit against it for publishing an Op-Ed by Sally Pipes. Because Franchini failed timely to serve process on Sally Pipes, originally named as a defendant, the only defendant from...

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