anti-SLAPP

Speech about law enforcement investigations and alleged unsolved crimes relates to matters of public concern under New Jersey law.

An appeals court should reject claims that New Jersey's new anti-SLAPP law is unfair to libel plaintiffs.

Contrary to what some critics of the law claim, anti-SLAPP cases are not clogging up Texas appeals courts.

The legislation would protect journalists and the public by providing a means to dismiss frivolous lawsuits in federal court.

UPEPA is a model anti-SLAPP law designed to fight meritless lawsuits intended to silence speech, often that of journalists.

Updates: In June 2024, the Ohio Senate unanimously passed SB 237, moving it to the state House of Representatives for…

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As RCFP Legal Fellow Emily Hockett writes, the opinion "gutted vital protections against meritless and abusive lawsuits."