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We're Fighting Back Against Efforts to Intimidate Professors into Silence
A SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation) suit brought against Columbia professors who criticized the school’s ...
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Anti-SLAAP Bill is Introduced.
A bill aimed to protect free speech was just introduced. Senator Brian Lenney of NAMPA sponsored the bill and describes it as ...
Judge issues default judgment in Paul Tonna lawsuit against weekly newspaper The North Shore Leader
The case stems from a story in The North Shore Leader linking former Suffolk Legis. Paul Tonna's lobbying and public ...
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New Ohio law seeks to stop damage from meritless SLAPP suits and protect speech
Ohio has a new law to battle strategic lawsuits against public participation, known as SLAPPs. Supporters of the law say ...
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Anti-SLAPP legislation introduced in the Idaho Senate
Idaho lawmakers will once again consider legislation meant to combat frivolous and expensive civil lawsuits. Anti-SLAPP laws ...
Second lawsuit filed against Des Moines Register, Selzer over Iowa Poll
Another group is suing the Des Moines Register and pollster J. Ann Selzer over the Iowa Poll published days before the 2024 ...
Ontario’s top court approves defamation suit by Ford campaign chief against evangelical leader
Ontario’s top court has green-lit a defamation lawsuit brought by Kory Teneycke, Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s campaign chief, ...
Idaho bill aims to protect free speech from frivolous lawsuits. Here’s how it would work
Republican lawmakers introduced legislation to counteract retaliatory lawsuits in Idaho on Monday, with a proposed law already on the books in most states to expedite the dismissal of l ...
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Free speech nonprofit to defend Iowa pollster Ann Selzer in lawsuit from Trump
A free speech legal nonprofit is defending Ann Selzer and her polling company, Selzer & Company, pro-bono in a case brought ...
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Producers Want to Proceed With Defense Against Rebel Wilson’s legal complaint
While Rebel Wilson is appealing a judge’s ruling that producers of a film directed by the Australian film star can move forward with their defamation suit against her, the producers want to also ...
Decrying First Amendment Threat, FIRE Will Defend Pollster Whom Trump Sued for 'Consumer Fraud'
After Donald Trump sued pollster J. Ann Selzer and The Des Moines Register under Iowa's Consumer Fraud Act last month, Robert ...