Landry’s Suit Over Allegations of Tiger Abuse Proceeds (Correct)

A Texas attorney and an environmental group that made media statements about the treatment of tigers at the Downtown Aquarium in Houston aren’t shielded from the aquarium owner’s defamation claims because the publicity was done outside of judicial proceedings, the state’s supreme court said Friday.

Landry’s Inc., the owner of the Houston Downtown Aquarium, sued the Animal Legal Defense Fund, an animal rights organization founded by attorneys, and one of its lawyers for defamation, business disparagement, tortious interference, and abuse of process, among other things.

ALDF issued a notice of its intent to sue Landry’s under the Endangered Species ...