New York’s amended anti-SLAPP law is now three years old. Below is a summary of cases over the past three years in which courts have granted anti-SLAPP motions under the amended statute. This list will be updated monthly.
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In 1908, Roosevelt filed a retaliatory libel suit against Journalist Joseph Pulitzer over statements in several newspaper articles. The suit would span into a years-long battle that would ultimately land before the Supreme Court.
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The Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court reversed a judge’s decision that recently expanded legislation applied retroactively to the suit.
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New York Expanded their anti-SLAPP laws even more. Making them one of the more thorough states in the country at protecting people’s first amendments.
*Reprinted with permission from: New York State Bar Association Journal, December 2019, Vol. 91, No. 9, published by the New York State Bar Association, One Elk Street, Albany, NY 12207.
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The Democratic commissioner of the Dutchess County Board of Elections sued party members for defamation, claiming they are trying to prevent him from being recommended for reelection this fall.
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A Manhattan woman posted a bad review of a local doctor online, and has spent close to $20,000 fighting the million-dollar lawsuit the doctor filed against her. The doctor accused her of defamation, libel, and causing emotional distress.
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The Russian whistleblower who revealed a widespread system of doping in the country is seeking to dismiss a lawsuit filed against him by Brooklyn Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov and three Russian biathletes. The whistleblower filed a countersuit under New York’s anti-SLAPP law.
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In a case involving allegations of (inter alia) sexual harassment, the court denied the plaintiff’s motion to dismiss defendant’s counterclaims for, e.g., defamation.
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There are many reasons for women to think twice about reporting sexual assault. But one potential consequence looms especially large: They may also be prosecuted.
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A comedian was served an eye-popping $38 million defamation lawsuit by a fellow comedian after she’d referred to him as a “rapist” on social media.
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PPP Policy Director Evan Mascagni published an Op-Ed in the Albany Times Union advocating for stronger anti-SLAPP legislation in New York:
"New York is often regarded as the media capital of the world, but in our state, opinions expressed through traditional media outlets, blogs, social media and consumer review websites are not always protected from those who disagree with them."
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To stop consumer gag clauses and other practices known as strategic lawsuits against public participation, or SLAPP suits, state and federal legislators are moving toward laws specifically spelling out consumers’ rights to post negative, fact-based reviews.
Read MoreIn 1998, Professor Kate Bronfenbrenner, director of labor education research at Cornell University, was sued for defamation by nursing home company Beverly Enterprises, Inc. over testimony she gave at a congressional town hall meeting.
Read MoreIn 2002, Meena Chandok, a scientist under Daniel Klessig at Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI) at Cornell, made exciting discoveries about nitric oxide synthase activity in a plant protein. The findings were published with Klessig in Cell a scientific journal.
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