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Thursday, October 25, 2012

Marketers can dish it out (literally) ...

Slate on the defamation lawsuit against ABC and others for popularizing the term "pink slime."  Sadly, South Dakota lacks an anti-SLAPP law. 
Posted by Rebecca Tushnet at 9:50 AM
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