A ten-year volunteer for the Dallas Symphony has lost his claim for defamation and conspiracy to defame against the Symphony and a local magazine after his termination was reported in the magazine. An appellate court in Texas has granted their motion to dismiss on appeal from a trial court denial. But the Court of Appeal said it did not have jurisdiction to grant the Symphony’s motion to dismiss the volunteer’s claim for tortious interference with his employment. Jose Reyes, an employee of Bank of America, had volunteered in many capacities for the orchestra for about ten years when he was terminated in July 2013. According to the court opinion, “some number” of people associated with the...