Anti-SLAPP laws

An appeal in a defamation case against the late journalist Andrew Breitbart will proceed after a federal appeals court denied…

A California appeals court ruled Friday that a malicious prosecution lawsuit against a Los Angeles-based attorney may proceed, reversing a…

The U.S. District Court in Seattle dismissed a lawsuit against a website that profiles and rates lawyers, doctors and dentists…

CNN's decision not to include closed captioning services for its online video content was not First Amendment protected conduct, and…

A bill that would have substantially reformed Maryland's law against strategic lawsuits against public participation, or "SLAPPs," was defeated in…

Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press Executive Director Lucy Dalglish testified before the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee of the…

The Illinois Supreme Court ruled that a defamation suit filed by a high school basketball coach against about a dozen…

An Academy Award-winning film that addressed “an issue of paramount importance in the Iraq war” is protected speech about a…

The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press has filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals in…