Billboard..
A new free speech law in New York won’t apply to Dr. Luke’s case against Kesha, an appeals court says, which will make it easier for him to prove his case.
A New York state appeals court has handed a major win to Dr. Luke in his defamation lawsuit against Kesha, ruling that New York’s expansive new free speech law – expressly designed to restrict libel lawsuits – does not apply to his case.
In a ruling Thursday, the appeals court said that New York’s newly enacted anti-SLAPP law could not apply retroactively to Dr. Luke’s lawsuit, which claims that Kesha defamed him by accusing him of rape. The producer filed his case several years before the statute went into effect.
https://www.billboard.com/business/legal/kesha-loses-ruling-dr-luke-defamation-case-1235043215/
