SLAPP-Blog
PPP Seeking Part-time Fundraiser
Public Participation Project — Part-time Fundraiser Job Description The Public Participation Project (PPP) seeks a part-time Fundraiser to spearhead its fundraising effort to get the start-up organization off the ground. PPP is building its campaign to secure federal anti-SLAPP legislation to protect the First Amendment rights of petition and speech. This legislation, if passed by Congress, will protect against SLAPPs (Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation). More than ninety organizations and businesses, and more than fifty...
read moreLawyer sues over ex-client’s bad review
“An ugly attorney-client fight in San Francisco Superior Court could help clarify how far clients can go in maligning their lawyers on consumer-review sites. William Gwire, a prominent S.F. legal malpractice attorney, says hedge fund manager Elliot Blumberg defamed him with posts on complaintsboard.com. In the posts, Blumberg accused Gwire of a “horrific fraud” that ruined his life during the course of a legal malpractice action against Blumberg’s previous attorney. Gwire filed the defamation suit last year and is...
read moreMeasuring the Impact of Anti-SLAPP Legislation on Monitoring and Enforcement
The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy published an article measuring the impact of anti-SLAPP legislation on regulator monitoring and enforcement, using US data on monitoring and enforcement activity under the Clean Air Act from 1978-2005. The main findings: “We find strong evidence that anti-SLAPP laws are associated with increases in regulator monitoring and enforcement activity under the Clean Air Act. In fact, we find that state inspections increase by almost 50% after a state passes anti-SLAPP legislation and that...
read moreMcAfee Defeats Former General Counsel’s Malicious Prosecution Claim
“SAN FRANCISCO — Former McAfee Inc. General Counsel Kent Roberts was able to beat all stock option backdating charges, but his attempt at further vindication ran aground at the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Monday.
A three-judge panel held that Roberts’ malicious prosecution suit against McAfee cannot survive the company’s motion under California’s anti-SLAPP law. And Roberts’ claims of defamation and false light are time-barred, the panel said.”
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D.C.’s Anti-SLAPP Law Sees New Challenge In Court
“WASHINGTON — The District of Columbia’s anti-SLAPP statute is back in action. The withdrawal of Redskins owner Dan Snyder’s defamation lawsuit against Washington City Paper left D.C.’s new anti-SLAPP law, a staute that allows defendants to file special motions to dismiss lawsuits designed to keep them from exercising their First Amendment rights, untested in the courts. Snyder’s attorneys, before his lawsuit was withdrawn in September, had argued that the law was invalid under D.C.’s Home Rule Act....
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