Category: In the News
Devin Nunes Won’t Stop Suing to Silence Critics
by Flynn Ezra Beckman
We thought we would check in on Devin Nunes and see how his nine (9!) defamation suits are going.
When last we wrote about Devin Nunes in September, he had filed numerous potential SLAPP suits
… Read the restNon-Disparagement Agreements and the Law
by Evan Mascagni
Non-disparagement clauses are making a lot of headlines these days. Just last month, a federal judge ruled against Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and held that a broad non-disclosure agreement that the campaign required employees to sign
… Read the restFiling “Fake Lawsuits” to Fight the “Fake News”
How the Trump campaign is highlighting the need for stronger First Amendment protections across the country
The Trump campaign’s lawsuit earlier this year against the New York Times for an opinion piece published by Max Frankel on March 27, 2019,
… Read the restDevin Nunes – California’s SLAPP-Filer-in-Chief
Rarely does one individual so perfectly demonstrate the need for strong anti-SLAPP laws at both the state and federal level, but leave it to California’s own Devin Nunes to be the poster child for the need for strong protections against
… Read the restSupreme Court Limits Right to File Certain Anti-SLAPP Motions
Code of Civil Procedure section 425.16, subdivision (f) … Read the rest
California Supreme Court Reins in Abuse of Anti-SLAPP Law
Vexatious litigant and attorney sanctioned for filing frivolous anti-SLAPP appeal
The dispute began back in 2005 when Lipworth (the defendant in the … Read the rest
Court of Appeal Holds That Anti-SLAPP Law Does Not Apply to Claims Arising from Attorneys’ Withdrawal of Settlement Funds
Makaeff’s Anti-SLAPP Motion (Finally) Granted in Lawsuit Against Trump University – Anti-SLAPP Statute Still Applicable to State Claims in Federal Court
In 2010, Tarla Makaeff (Makaeff) filed a deceptive business practices class action lawsuit in federal court against Trump University (Trump), alleging that Trump never delivered on its promises of the scope and benefits of the program that lured her into … Read the rest