A man who allegedly solicited false Facebook reviews against his former employer and residential construction firm rival partially won a bid to dismiss a defamation lawsuit, because the Texas anti-SLAPP law protected this speech, a state court of appeals said Thursday.

Infinity Custom Construction LLC sued Michael J. McCarthy and his business Heavenly Homes of South Texas LLC, alleging that he had defamed it online and in text messages to clients, and knowingly filed a false wage claim complaint with the Texas Workforce Commission in 2019, the Texas Court of Appeals, Thirteenth District said.

McCarthy contended that all his actions ...

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