By: Jim Rosenberg A California Superior Court judge in San Francisco last week denied a motion to dismiss a lawsuit claiming journalists' sources remain property of the publisher they worked for when the sources were developed.
Responding to a Paperloop.com Inc. suit asking that certain ForestWeb Inc. sources be treated as Paperloop trade secrets, attorneys for ForestWeb had filed a motion invoking California's Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation (SLAPP) law, passed to prevent litigation seeking to silence a defendant.
The judge found that although the case is "within SLAPP parameters," Paperloop could prevail on the merits of its claim, according to Neil Shapiro, one of Forestweb's lawyers in the case. Shapiro expressed optimism an appeals court will reject the suit after it hears arguments next year.
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