Attorneys for 20th Century Fox asked a Los Angeles Superior Court judge to throw out a countersuit that Netflix filed against Fox. Fox said the countersuit should be thrown out because it concerned protected speech under the California anti-SLAPP statute, but the judge rejected the motion. Then a three-judge panel of the 2nd District Court of Appeal upheld the lower court’s ruling, deciding that the Netflix countersuit was not barred by the anti-SLAPP statute.
Read MoreA gubernatorial candidate who garnered headlines after police dragged her off a stage during a Democratic candidates’ forum filed a defamation lawsuit against two reporters for the Stamford Advocate.
Read MoreA Dallas-based investor filed a defamation lawsuit against NPR and a reporter for $57 million in damages based on a story.
Read MoreThe sculptor behind “The Bean,” the famous sculpture in Chicago, filed a copyright lawsuit against the NRA for briefly showing the sculpture in an advertising video.
Read MoreTwo weeks after reviving claims in an underlying case, the Georgia Court of Appeals tossed a defendant’s defamation claim against an attorney for posting an article on his law firm’s website about a personal injury lawsuit he filed. The appeals court said Georgia’s anti-SLAPP statute barred the lawsuit filed by a woman who was accused of using Snapchat’s Speed Filter to take a selfie just before she hit another car and seriously injured its driver in 2015.
Read MoreAaron Freiwald, Managing Partner of Freiwald Law and host of the weekly podcast series Good Law | Bad Law, was joined by Brenda Skylstad to discuss her role in creating important anti-SLAPP legislation.
Read MoreAn oil company sued a citizen activist for talking on a Facebook post about their settlement of an antitrust case. After prolonged and expensive procedural maneuvering, a Colorado state judge issued an order granting summary judgment to the activist.
Read MoreA California Appeals Court affirmed a trial court’s denial of an anti-SLAPP motion that defendants filed in a lawsuit in which plaintiffs claimed that public school officials took retaliatory actions against a former board member by disseminating confidential medical information and making claims of improper activity against her.
A Texas appellate court sided with a blog and its author, holding that a trial court had wrongly declined to dismiss a defamation claim brought by a school principal and ruling a state free speech law protects the blog posts at issue on the ground they concern matters of public concern involving public officials.
Read MoreAttorneys for the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press filed an anti-SLAPP motion, asking a Florida state court to dismiss a defamation lawsuit against the President of News for Univision over an opinion column he published about a Colombian attorney.
Read MoreA towing company sued a student in a $500,000 defamation lawsuit, claiming he allegedly disparaged the company online. The student had previously sued the company over a parking ticket.
Read MoreA former Oregon state representative faces a demand for the attorney’s fees of an anti-abortion group after Oregon’s Supreme Court declined to hear his appeal. The representative had sued the group for its mailers, which he said, "included false statements,” but the group responded with an anti-SLAPP motion.
Read MoreAddressing a potential conflict between California’s anti-SLAPP law and the federal procedural rules, the Ninth Circuit last month specified what analysis courts should use when faced with a motion to dismiss a “Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation.”
Read MoreA Bigfoot-themed attraction in the Midwest filed a lawsuit over a TripAdvisor review left by a Kansas cattle farmer.
Read MoreA 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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