context: Nevertheless, defendant Waller undoubtedly felt obligated to inform the public about issues surrounding the nolle prosequi of Hobbs's case. The court can discern no principled reason why the protection afforded the defendant in Ware should not extend to defendant Waller here.
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.identifier: 693 N.E.2d 385, 390
citation_a.parenthetical: "[W]e hold that the absolute privilege which attaches to defamatory statements made by an attorney incidental to a pending legal proceeding also applies to post-litigation defamatory statements made by an attorney to the client he or she represented in such proceeding."
citation_a.sentence: See Patterson I, 328 F.Supp.2d at 902 (holding that prosecutors’ defamatory statements to the press after plaintiff was pardoned were absolutely privileged); see also Golden v. Mullen, 693 N.E.2d 385, 390, 295 Ill.App.3d 865, 230 Ill.Dec. 256 (Ill.App.Ct.1997) (“[W]e hold that the absolute privilege which attaches to defamatory statements made by an attorney incidental to a pending legal proceeding also applies to post-litigation defamatory statements made by an attorney to the client he or she represented in such proceeding.”).
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.identifier: 328 F.Supp.2d 902, 902
citation_b.parenthetical: holding that prosecutors' defamatory statements to the press after plaintiff was pardoned were absolutely privileged
citation_b.sentence: See Patterson I, 328 F.Supp.2d at 902 (holding that prosecutors’ defamatory statements to the press after plaintiff was pardoned were absolutely privileged); see also Golden v. Mullen, 693 N.E.2d 385, 390, 295 Ill.App.3d 865, 230 Ill.Dec. 256 (Ill.App.Ct.1997) (“[W]e hold that the absolute privilege which attaches to defamatory statements made by an attorney incidental to a pending legal proceeding also applies to post-litigation defamatory statements made by an attorney to the client he or she represented in such proceeding.”).