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St. Paul blogger sued for defamation (my Sunday column)

Dennis Lang calls his legal tangle with Mahendra Trivedi "a fascinating experience."

July 7, 2015 at 9:35PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

In my Sunday column, I reported on the defamation lawsuit filed against a St. Paul blogger, Dennis Lang, by Mahendra Trivedi. I plan to follow this case as it proceeds through the courts, now that Ramsey District Judge Robert Awsumb declined to dismiss the case and directed Lang to hand over documents to Trivedi ahead of trial.

Photo: Dennis Lang and his fox terrier, Allie.

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James Eli Shiffer

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James Eli Shiffer is the topics team leader for the Minnesota Star Tribune, supervising coverage of climate and the environment as well as human services. Previously he was the cities team leader, watchdog and data editor and wrote the Full Disclosure and Whistleblower columns.

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