US EditionNew Iowa law prevents bogus lawsuits from silencing people
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New Iowa law prevents bogus lawsuits from silencing people
Embarrassed by accurate stories about his guilty plea to having inappropriate relationships with teenage girls, a Carroll police officer sued a local paper in 2017 to silence it. The paper was eventually vindicated in court, but only after $150,000 in legal costs almost forced it to shut down while the legal battle ran its course. For too long, meritless lawsuits like this one have been used to intimidate and silence people. But on May 19, Gov. …
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