Texas Supreme Court Finds Defamation Suit Over Job Gripe Website Time-Barred

Mealey's (February 5, 2019, 9:31 AM EST) -- AUSTIN, Texas — Because more than two years have passed since a retailer discovered purportedly defamatory statements about it on an employer review website, the Texas Supreme Court on Jan. 25 found that the statute of limitations had expired, leading it to vacate a lower court’s discovery ruling and dismiss the case for want of jurisdiction (Glassdoor Inc., et al. v. Andra Group LP, No. 17-0463, Texas Sup., 2019 Tex. LEXIS 51)....