Law's Andrew Geronimo discusses defamation suit amid new anti-SLAPP law
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ideastream: Andy Geronimo, director of the First Amendment Clinic at the School of Law, said Ohio’s new anti-SLAPP law allowed a defamation case against a Cleveland public commenter to be resolved in months, not years, showing a real commitment to protecting free speech. A judge dismissed the suit, finding the comments protected and the plaintiff a limited-purpose public figure.