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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Recent defamation suits in Idaho have highlighted the ability of wealthy parties to use frivolous legal claims to unfairly drain the resources of their less affluent opponents. Idaho is one of only 18 states who have no anti-SLAPP law on the books currently. Opinion writer Bryan Clark discusses the need for a state-wide anti-SLAPP law here.
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New Jersey Assemblyman Raj Mukherji (D) and Sen. Joseph Lagana (D) introduced Bill A4393 in June. This legislation would provide an expedited motion to dismiss SLAPP suits in the state, which currently has no anti-SLAPP law. Modelled after the Uniform Public Expression Protection Act, the bill emphasizes the protection of free speech in all forms, including protests, publications, and more. Read more in the New Jersey Monitor.
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Why Iowa needs a new law to protect your right to free expression on matters of public concern.
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In aims of strengthening its SLAPP protections, Hawaii’s legislature passed the “Hawaii Public Expression Protection Act.”
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A recent decision from Florida’s Second District Court of Appeal has teed up for the state Supreme Court the issue of whether a trial court’s denial of an anti-SLAPP motion is immediately appealable.
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Kentucky becomes part of the nation who protects the first amendment from the bullying used in courts. Adopting the new ULC bill in April 2020
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Washington State has now changed their anti-SLAPP laws in an effort to restore the protections after the courts ruled their prior versions unconstitutional.
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PPP Policy Director, Evan Mascagni, recently wrote a blog post for the California Anti-SLAPP Project on Devin Nunes.
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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.
PPP Policy Director Evan Mascagni was recently quoted in a KY Sunday Edition story on WDRB discussing proposed anti-SLAPP legislation in KY:
Mascagni, a Louisville native, praised Kulkarni for "starting this important conversation in Kentucky" and told WDRB he would be coming home this year to "help advocate for a comprehensive bi-partisan solution to this problem."
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*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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After momentum fizzled the first time around, state Sen. Matt Huffman, R-Lima, re-introduced an Ohio bill meant to curtail frivolous lawsuits that target individuals for practicing protected speech.
Known as the Ohio Citizen Participation Act, the bill would create an expedited legal framework for courts to follow if a SLAPP, or strategic lawsuit against public participation, ends up in civil court.
Huffman, who re-introduced the bill during a Tuesday morning press conference, said the bill’s purpose is to encourage public discussion and discourage the use of lawsuits that effectively stymie conversation by saddling individuals with unfair court procedure. Similar bills have been adopted by 36 other states by both conservative and liberal legislatures.
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Colorado Governor Jared Polis Signs anti-SLAPP bill, protecting journalists from retaliatory lawsuits, into law.
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The South Florida Sun Sentinel did not defy a court order last week when it published confidential information about Nikolas Cruz’s education record, lawyers for the news organization argued.
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