Claims By Indian Group’s Lawyer Over #MeToo News Coverage Dismissed

Mealey's (July 16, 2020, 8:25 AM EDT) -- PORTLAND, Ore. — A former attorney for the National Congress of American Indians of the United States and Alaska (NCAI) saw his defamation claims against the organization, its online news platform and a tribal news media website shot down July 14 by an Oregon federal magistrate judge, who dismissed the claims under the state’s anti-SLAPP statute (John H. Dossett v. Ho Chunk, Inc., et al., No. 3:19-cv-01386, D. Ore., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 123596)....