If you are considering filing a defamation lawsuit or other speech-based claim, you are likely aware that your claim may be challenged based upon free-speech principles or that the defendant may claim ...

The Appellate Court’s recent decision in Robinson v. V.D. has a little something for any practitioner who deals with questions of constitutional law or civil procedure. Among other things, the ...

(CN) - A former high school basketball coach failed to convince an Illinois appeals court that the state's anti-SLAPP law is unconstitutional and should not have been used to dismiss his defamation ...

Justice Building in Salem which houses the Oregon Supreme Court and the Oregon Court of Appeals. Credit: Rex Wholster/Shutterstock An Oregon woman's challenge to a lawsuit from the state's Department ...

The challenge stems from a case where pro-Palestine protesters at ASU used the law to fight criminal trespassing charges. The County Attorney's Office argues the law unconstitutionally violates the ...

The legal dispute stems from Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell's prosecution of pro-Palestine protesters. Mitchell, a Republican, argues the law improperly allows judges to interfere with ...

VENTURA, Calif. (CN) - A California appeals court barred a citizens' group from challenging a sales-tax ballot issue in Santa Barbara, because the lawsuit suppressed public participation. The Santa ...

Legal reforms designed to curb the abusive use of SLAPPs are insufficient to stop the rich and powerful trying to block freedom of speech, a new study warns. Measures in the USA, UK and the EU to stop ...

LOS ANGELES— An oil industry lawsuit against youth groups in South Los Angeles and Wilmington is “a classic example of a retaliatory strategic lawsuit against public participation” (“SLAPP Suit”) that ...