Anti-SLAPP

Publishers Win Anti-SLAPP Motion and Fee Award in Lawsuit Over Book Cover

The lawsuit involved claims by plaintiff Patrick Wizmann, who alleged that a statement written on the dust jacket of the book Dreams Don’t Die is allegedly false and misleading.

“Vanderpump Rules” Revenge Porn Lawsuit May Proceed, Judge Rules

Judge Crowley reasoned that Madix did not have her boyfriend’s consent to access the contents of his phone.

Pennsylvania Enacts Anti-SLAPP Statute

The new law is the culmination of more than a decade of lobbying by free-speech advocates from across the political spectrum.

Fox News Dismissed from Lawsuit in Less Than 90 Days with Public Apology

Garcia’s counsel publicly pilloried Fox—the first named defendant in the case—for its supposedly shoddy journalism. There was just one problem: Fox News Network had been careful not to publish Garcia’s image before it could be verified. As a result, Fox never published Garcia’s image.

NY Appellate Court Affirms Dismissal of Claims and Award of Attorney’s Fees in Favor of Media

First Anti-SLAPP Win under NJ’s New UPEPA Law

Nine months after New Jersey enacted its first anti-SLAPP law, essentially adopting the Uniform Public Expression Protection Act, a New Jersey trial court was the first to dismiss a SLAPP action.

Texas Court of Appeals Dismisses Claims by Politically Connected Entrepreneur on Statute of Limitations Grounds

A Texas court of appeals rejected a telehealth company’s attempt to evade the state’s one-year statute of limitations on defamation claims by relabeling its claims as business disparagement and other torts.

Houston Appeals Court (Finally) Dismisses Defamation Claims Against ProPublica and Houston Chronicle

In its decision, the First District Court of Appeals in Houston found that Defendants’ reporting on the plaintiff’s career as a heart surgeon and the concerns that had been raised about some of his practices and procedures, as well as his failure to follow protocols in clinical trials, was substantially true.

Maine Becomes Seventh State to Enact Uniform Public Expression Protection Act (UPEPA)

UPEPA aims to provide a clear framework for the efficient review and dismissal of SLAPPs.

Missouri Legislature Considers Anti-SLAPP Bill

There are at least two other bills pending in the Missouri legislature containing nearly identical anti-SLAPP language, one before the House and one before the Senate, but neither of those bills has been set for a committee hearing yet and it gets more and more unlikely that they will move quickly once spring break is…