By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - Authors and publishers of controversial scientific articles, and the companies sponsoring those articles, won broad free speech protection from a U.S. appeals court on Wednesday. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York said statements of scientific conclusions on matters open to scientific debate, and which are published in a research article, cannot result in damages associated with defamation. It also said companies may promote excerpts from such an article so long as readers are not misled about the conclusions. ... For complete story, click here.
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