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FRANCHINI v. INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY

Docket: Fed-20-306.

268 A.3d 863 (2022)

2022 ME 12

Thomas FRANCHINI v. INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY, INC., et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided: February 10, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell B. Pierce, Jr., Esq. (orally), Norman, Hanson & DeTroy, LLC, for appellant Investor's Business Daily, Inc.

Jens-Peter W. Bergen, Esq. , Kennebunk, and Raymond W. Belair, Esq. (orally), Belair & Associates, P.C., New York, New York, for appellee Thomas Franchini.

Dissent: HJELM, A.R.J.

[¶1] In this case, we address the First Circuit Court of Appeals' order certifying a question of law to us: "Should [Investor Business Daily's] special motion to dismiss be granted under Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 14, § 556 (Maine's anti-SLAPP law)?" Because there is clear controlling precedent, we decline to consider the question....

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