Washington
Grade: A
Most of Washington's previously rated Excellent anti-SLAPP law was ruled unconstitutional by the Washington Supreme Court in 2015. However they rewrote the statute in 2021 in a manner restoring its constitutionality and restoring its excellent grade.
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2021 Wa. ALS 259, 2021 Wa. Ch. 259, 2021 Wa. SB 5009 Full text of the most recent statute
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From Mike Masnick at TechDirt:
"For years, we’ve talked about the importance of anti-SLAPP laws that help quickly toss out lawsuits whose sole purpose are to silence critics. A key point that we’ve made is the need for a federal anti-SLAPP law, because until then, we’re at the mercy of a patchwork of state laws. Some states have no anti-SLAPP law. Some have weak ones. A few have strong ones. In just the past month alone we’ve discussed Florida strengthening its anti-SLAPP law, and Nevada’s attempt to weaken its anti-SLAPP law. Meanwhile, a court in DC issued a ruling that greatly limited the effectiveness of DC’s anti-SLAPP law