After facing repercussions for “misleading Massachusetts investors about the fossil fuel-driven climate change risks to its business and deceptively advertising its fossil fuel products to Massachusetts consumers.” Exxon tried to dismiss the suit using anti-SLAPP laws. The Massachusetts supreme judicial court denied the motion preserving the purpose of the anti-SLAPP law.
Read MoreA law firm was granted dismissal of tort claims under the MA anti-SLAPP law.
Read MoreIn a dispute between a former employee and former employer a judge denied the employee’s motion to dismiss under Massachusetts’ anti-SLAPP statute, finding that none of the employer’s claims were based solely on the employee’s petitioning activity.
Read MoreThis morning, the Public Participation Project submitted the below letter to the Massachusetts’ Judicial Committee in support of H2263 and S756, an anti-SLAPP bill currently before the Massachusetts House and Senate.
Read MoreA company sued a Harvard researcher, claiming his studies cost the company millions of dollars in revenue. The company first tried to bring the lawsuit in Georgia, but later refiled the suit in federal court in Massachusetts, and there, the jury ruled in the researcher’s favor.
Read MoreA North End reporter lost her appeal to the Mass. Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) to dismiss a defamation lawsuit made against her by a North End developer.
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