{"id":13718,"date":"2023-04-28T10:53:29","date_gmt":"2023-04-28T14:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsmediaalliance.org\/?p=13718"},"modified":"2025-02-06T13:55:07","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T18:55:07","slug":"alliance-joins-brief-arguing-new-yorks-anti-slapp-law-was-properly-applied-to-protect-journalist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsmediaalliance.org\/alliance-joins-brief-arguing-new-yorks-anti-slapp-law-was-properly-applied-to-protect-journalist\/","title":{"rendered":"Alliance Joins Brief Arguing New York\u2019s Anti-SLAPP Law was Properly Applied to Protect Journalist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/share.listnr.tech\/embed\/voiceover\/644be348d15d3500260b6784\/?minimal=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"165\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>On April 21, the Alliance joined a <span style=\"color: #0082c0;\"><a style=\"color: #0082c0;\" href=\"https:\/\/s3.documentcloud.org\/documents\/23787263\/2023-04-21-zeitlin-v-cohan-amicus-brief-filed-by-rcfp-and-26-media-organizations.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">brief<\/span><\/a><\/span>, filed in the New York Supreme Court Appellate Division First Department, concerning the application of New York\u2019s amended anti-SLAPP law. In <em>Zeitlin v. Cohan<\/em>, Jide Zeitlin sued a journalist for an article published in ProPublica entitled \u201cThe Bizarre Fall of the CEO of Coach and Kate Spade\u2019s Parent Company.\u201d The article profiled Mr. Zeitlin\u2019s life and his rise to becoming one of only five Black Fortune 500 CEOs. The article also covered his nomination for an ambassadorship and his subsequent withdrawal from this nomination and resignation as CEO of luxury fashion holding company Tapestry, allegedly because of allegations of sexual impropriety related to an extramarital affair. Mr. Zeitlin sued for defamation and the journalist moved to dismiss under New York\u2019s anti-SLAPP law. The trial court granted the motion to dismiss, and Mr. Zeitlin appealed. The <a href=\"https:\/\/s3.documentcloud.org\/documents\/23787263\/2023-04-21-zeitlin-v-cohan-amicus-brief-filed-by-rcfp-and-26-media-organizations.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0082c0;\">brief,<\/span><\/a> filed by RCFP, argues the article covered an issue of public interest as defined by the law and that the trial court properly applied the correct standard of proof Mr. Zeitlin was required to meet, and failed to, under New York\u2019s anti-SLAPP law to defeat the motion to dismiss. <span style=\"color: #0082c0;\"><a style=\"color: #0082c0;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rcfp.org\/briefs-comments\/zeitlin-v-cohan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On April 21, the Alliance joined a brief, filed in the New York Supreme Court Appellate Division First Department, concerning the application of New York\u2019s amended anti-SLAPP 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