In the first post of a three-part series from guest contributor Leslie Paul Machado, Chair of LeClairRyan's Media, Internet and E-commerce Industry Team, Mr. Machado discusses the background of the D.C. anti-SLAPP statute.
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Two news outlets filed a motion under Nevada’s anti-SLAPP law asking the lawyer of widow of a Metro Police Officer to pay their legal fees.
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As doctors and hospitals throw considerable resources behind legal fights, some patients face huge legal bills for posting negative reviews.
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An Attorney General is threatening a defamation lawsuit against the person who leaked a confidential memo detailing allegations that he groped four women.
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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 woman said she was let go from ATTN: after protesting a racial slur from one of the news site's investors. A judge ruled that she is likely to prevail in her lawsuit.
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A lawsuit filed against S-Town’s creator, a senior producer for This American Life, accused the Peabody Award–winning podcast of exploiting its subject in life and following his death.
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Mike Masnick at Techdirt discusses SCOTUS nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s opinion on anti-SLAPP laws.
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A woman sued an opposing side’s lawyer, claiming his blog post detailing the Snapchat lawsuit was defamatory. The lower court allowed the case to proceed, rejecting the lawyer’s anti-SLAPP motion. But the appeals court dismissed the case under Georgia’s anti-SLAPP law, finding there was no defamation and nothing written with actual malice.
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Leslie Machado provided an update on cases in which anti-SLAPP special motions to dismiss were filed. The cases were filed in D.C. federal court and D.C. Superior Court. Notably, the Superior Court stayed its case pending the resolution of a virtually-identical case in Ohio.
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A Vermont man sued a local newspaper for defamation, appealing the case to the Vermont Supreme Court. The paper challenged the lawsuit under Vermont's "anti-SLAPP" law.
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The California Supreme Court issued a ruling in Hassell v. Bird, a case with serious ramifications for consumer speech.
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The Baton Rouge television station WBRZ-TV faced a lawsuit for defamation from a former police officer, though the station’s attorney said the suit should be dismissed under Louisiana’s anti-SLAPP law.
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An appeals court in California tossed a lawsuit filed against the San Francisco Chronicle by a now-disbarred lawyer who claimed the newspaper defamed him. The appeals court affirmed dismissal based on California’s anti-SLAPP law.
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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.
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