The ruling said anti-SLAPP statutes "were designed to limit precisely the type of claim at issue here, which involves a news organization publishing an article in a good faith effort to inform their readers regarding an issue of clear public interest."
Justice Ron Parraguirre wrote that Wynn, as a public figure, needed to show "clear and convincing evidence to reasonably infer that the publication was made with actual malice."
Dominic Gentile, a veteran Nevada lawyer, said the ruling "will make it even more difficult for a public figure to bring an action over expressive conduct."
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