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From the Fall 2010 issue of The News Media & The Law, page 22. Carla Main was aware that her…

From the Fall 2009 issue of The News Media & The Law, page 24. Freelance journalist Susan Paterno’s American Journalism…

A recent libel suit gave birth to a controversial judgment involving the District of Columbia Anti-SLAPP Act, which protects speech…

By Austin Vining and Sarah Matthews, with special thanks to Maya Gandhi and Sasha Dudding Anti-SLAPP laws provide defendants a…

What is Anti-SLAPP? Short for strategic lawsuits against public participation, SLAPPs have become an all-too-common tool for intimidating and silencing…

Anti-SLAPP laws provide defendants a way to quickly dismiss meritless lawsuits—known as “SLAPPs” or “Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation”—filed against…