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Hussian School of Art and Marc Hummel officially reach a settlement
The Web site for the award-winning alternative weekly, the Philadelphia City Paper.
Hussian School of Art and Marc Hummel officially reach a settlement
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| This is a screen grab of Marc Hummel's former website, which prompted the Hussian School of Art to sue the ex-student for $150,000. |
Last week, I wrote a piece about Marc Hummel, an ex-student at Old City's Hussian School of Art who made a website negatively reviewing the school, which prompted Hussian to sue him for $150,000 (over defamation and trademark infringement charges), but which Hummel claimed was simply fair critique:
The Hussian School of Art sued Hummel, a current Rutgers student and coffee shop employee, for $150,000. On the surface, this looks to be what's known as a SLAPP suit, or a Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation, in which large companies hush critics by threatening them with defense costs and court battles. Twenty-seven states, including Pennsylvania, have enacted some sort of anti-SLAPP legislation.
Hussian emphatically denies that it's a SLAPP suit, but it doesn't matter, anyway. In Pennsylvania, the anti-SLAPP law applies only to environmental cases.
(If you go to his site now, you'll see that he took down the review, and it's home to only his résumé and artistic endeavors.)
As of press time, Hummel and Hussian were still negotiating the terms of a settlement, and nothing had been signed yet. The Clog just got word from Hussian director Bruce Wartman, however, that the school and Hummel have officially reached a settlement outside of court. Though he won't go into details about it, we do know for certain, at least, that Hummel won't be owing anyone $150K.
It's probably safe to say he won't be putting his review back up anytime soon, either.
down with for profit higher education, this is just another way to shut the truth up about this school and others. ridiculous
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