If you are considering filing a defamation lawsuit or other speech-based claim, you are likely aware that your claim may be challenged based upon free-speech principles or that the defendant may claim ...

The Appellate Court’s recent decision in Robinson v. V.D. has a little something for any practitioner who deals with questions of constitutional law or civil procedure. Among other things, the ...

(CN) - A former high school basketball coach failed to convince an Illinois appeals court that the state's anti-SLAPP law is unconstitutional and should not have been used to dismiss his defamation ...

Anti-SLAPP laws provide defendants a way to quickly dismiss meritless lawsuits — known as SLAPPs or strategic lawsuits against public participation — filed against them for exercising speech, press, ...

Justice Building in Salem which houses the Oregon Supreme Court and the Oregon Court of Appeals. Credit: Rex Wholster/Shutterstock An Oregon woman's challenge to a lawsuit from the state's Department ...

Anti-SLAPP laws provide defendants a way to quickly dismiss meritless lawsuits—known as “SLAPPs” or “Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation”—filed against them for exercising their First ...

The legal dispute stems from Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell's prosecution of pro-Palestine protesters. Mitchell, a Republican, argues the law improperly allows judges to interfere with ...

VENTURA, Calif. (CN) - A California appeals court barred a citizens' group from challenging a sales-tax ballot issue in Santa Barbara, because the lawsuit suppressed public participation. The Santa ...