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We're Fighting Back Against Efforts to Intimidate Professors into Silence
A SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation) suit brought against Columbia professors who criticized the school’s ...
Judge issues default judgment in Paul Tonna lawsuit against weekly newspaper The North Shore Leader
The case stems from a story in The North Shore Leader linking former Suffolk Legis. Paul Tonna's lobbying and public ...
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New Ohio law seeks to stop damage from meritless SLAPP suits and protect speech
Ohio has a new law to battle strategic lawsuits against public participation, known as SLAPPs. Supporters of the law say ...
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Anti-SLAPP legislation introduced in the Idaho Senate
Idaho lawmakers will once again consider legislation meant to combat frivolous and expensive civil lawsuits. Anti-SLAPP laws ...
Free speech legal group to defend Iowa pollster Selzer in Trump lawsuit
The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) announced on Tuesday their decision to represent an Iowa pollster ...
Second lawsuit filed against Des Moines Register, Selzer over Iowa Poll
Another group is suing the Des Moines Register and pollster J. Ann Selzer over the Iowa Poll published days before the 2024 ...
Ontario’s top court approves defamation suit by Ford campaign chief against evangelical leader
Ontario’s top court has green-lit a defamation lawsuit brought by Kory Teneycke, Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s campaign chief, ...
Protect the press against frivolous lawsuits in Wisconsin | Jim Malewitz
Shereen Siewert, publisher of the Wausau Pilot and Review, has been breathing easier these days. In September, a Wisconsin ...
Idaho bill aims to protect free speech from frivolous lawsuits. Here’s how it would work
Republican lawmakers introduced legislation to counteract retaliatory lawsuits in Idaho on Monday, with a proposed law already on the books in most states to expedite the dismissal of l ...
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Free speech legal group to defend Iowa pollster Selzer in Trump lawsuit
“The lawsuit is the very definition of a ‘SLAPP’ suit — a Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation. Such tactical claims are filed purely for the purpose of imposing punishing ...