SLAPP-Blog
Billionaire Romney donor uses threats to silence critics
Glenn Greenwald recently wrote a piece on Salon, where he discussed the way a billionaire Romney donor has been threatening to bring frivolous lawsuits against his political critics — magazines, journalists, and bloggers. Greenwald goes on to discuss SLAPPs generally and the work of the Public Participation Project: “Threatening journalists and bloggers with baseless lawsuits and trying to suppress free debate is a recognized menace. Close to 30 states in the U.S. have adopted so-called anti-SLAPP statutes — designed to punish...
read moreYoutube and Client Solicitation: Lawyers Beware!
Ryan Metheny of the California Anti-SLAPP Project recently wrote about a new decision involving a Youtube video clip that could have serious implications for lawyer advertising and client solicitations. “The case involved a lawyer, Thomas Howard Clarke, Jr., who recorded and posted a Youtube video clip in which he spoke about an herbal supplement created by Brain Research Labs, LLC. Although the clip was intended to solicit clients to join a class action lawsuit against the company, Clarke also spoke more generally, condemning both the...
read moreYear in Review: TX Anti-SLAPP Law
“2011 was a great year for Anti-SLAPP in Texas. In addition to the Texas Citizens’ Participation Act being passed unanimously in both houses, causing the law to go into effect immediately upon the Governor’s signature in June, there were at least three Anti-SLAPP victories in state court.” Read more from SLAPPed In Texas here: http://slappedintexas.com/2012/02/08/2011-a-good-year-for-texas-anti-slapp/
read moreD.C. Circuit Wants Answers From Trial Judge On Denial Of Anti-SLAPP Motion
In July, U.S. District Judge Richard Leon issued a series of two-sentence orders denying blogger Andrew Breitbart’s motions to dismiss a defamation lawsuit against him in Washington federal court. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, which is considering Breitbart’s appeal of those orders, wants more. In an order issued yesterday afternoon, the three-judge appellate panel put the case on hold and asked Leon to provide a “statement of reasons” explaining his ruling.” Read more from the Blog of Legal...
read moreDC District Court Rejects Davis’ Argument That DC Anti-SLAPP Act Applies in Federal Court.
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – “Former Clinton adviser Lanny Davis lost the latest round in the ongoing legal battle he is waging with 3M. The company’s defamation claims against Davis will go forward. The U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., ruled Thursday against the motion to dismiss by Davis. 3M’s law firm, Bickel and Brewer, said that the federal court, in a matter of first impression, rejected Davis’ attempt to use the District of Columbia’s Anti-SLAPP Act (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public...
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