Pennsylvania’s Anti-SLAPP statute provides immunity from civil liability for individuals engaged in “protected public expression,” which includes the exercise of freedom of speech on matters of public ...

The California Supreme Court sided with the state bar in a unanimous decision that resolves a lingering dispute over the state's anti-SLAPP statute. The California Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that ...

This piece breaks down the en banc decision in three parts. Part 1 is a primer on D.C. Home Rule—which is central to the decision. Part 2 describes the concerns posed by “SLAPPs” (an acronym for ...

University School of Nashville alum Gidgie Bass has asked a court to dismiss a defamation claim from Dean Masullo, her former English teacher, who left the school in 2024 after being publicly accused ...

Free speech is one of America's greatest rights. The year 2025 was a big one for the Uniform Public Expression Protection Act ("UPEPA"), which is the only uniform and most popular Anti-SLAPP law in ...

A new report by the Daphne Caruana Galizia Foundation and CASE warns that Malta still has the highest per-capita rate of SLAPP cases in the EU, despite being the only country to partially implement an ...

Senate Bill 666/Assembly Bill 701, would adopt Uniform Public Expression Protection Act would bring free speech protections ...

The Independent joins 120 high-profile names backing calls to end silencing lawsuits - Letter demanding government include ...

SYRIZA MEP Costas Arvanitis stated that the recent rejection by Greek courts of punitive lawsuits against Stelios Kouloglou ...

Just in time for the holidays, the Michigan Legislature has passed a critically important piece of legislation for free expression, media organizations and all entities or individuals who communicate ...

The fourth edition of the Annual SLAPPs Report, prepared by the Daphne Caruana Galizia Foundation, showed Saturday that 91 SLAPP cases were filed in Malta between 2010 and 2024. The report was ...