SEIU to Face Claim It Falsely Linked Executive to Sex Misconduct

A former high-level employee within the Service Employees International Union will get another chance at a defamation claim alleging he was falsely linked to sexual misconduct by the union’s executive vice president following a Thursday ruling by D.C.'s top court.

A lower court seemingly applied a too-demanding standard when it granted the union’s motion to dismiss Kenneth K.W. Fells’ suit under the district’s Anti-SLAPP Act, the District of Colombia Court of Appeals said. That law enables defendants to summarily defeat lawsuits that target opposing political and other viewpoints, but Fells may still be able to convince a jury he was ...