(September 13, 2023, 4:15 PM EDT) -- DENVER — Statements that were allegedly defamatory made by attorneys during a press conference while announcing that they were filing a wage-and-hour class complaint on behalf beauty bar employees “were protected by the litigation privilege,” the Colorado Supreme Court ruled, rejecting an appellate panel’s conclusion that there is an exception to that privilege where a complaint states that the class is “easily ascertainable” and additionally finding that the statements made served as protected notification of the complaint to the public and potential class members....