In aims of strengthening its SLAPP protections, Hawaii’s legislature passed the “Hawaii Public Expression Protection Act.”
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A federal judge in Hawaii refused to dismiss a producer’s libel lawsuit against a woman who accused him of rape. However, the judge agreed that the case should be governed by the California anti-SLAPP statute, though the producer’s attorneys had argued that the case should be governed by Hawaii’s anti-SLAPP law.
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The Intermediate Court of Appeals of Hawaii affirmed the circuit court’s decision in holding that a lawsuit did not constitute a SLAPP under the state’s anti-SLAPP law.
Read MoreIn 2004, the president of a Hawaiian taxi company and 2004 Hawaii Small Business Person of the Year, Dale Evans, asked state officials to investigate reports of misconduct and possible illegal activities engaged in by another taxi company. Based on her assertion, the Hawaii Attorney General opened an investigation, found some minor wrongdoing and corrected the problems on site.
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