By Jeremy Heallen
Law360, Houston (June 25, 2013, 3:21 PM ET) — A Texas appeals court Tuesday revived a defamation suit against Shell Oil Co., ruling that the oil and gas giant could potentially be held liable for allegedly telling federal authorities that a former employee signed off on bribes to foreign officials.
The First District Court of Appeals rejected a trial court’s decision that Shell was immune from the suit under an “absolute privilege†that extended to statements made in the context of judicial proceedings because at the time the company told the U.S. Dept. of Justice…
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