Comments for California Anti-SLAPP Project https://www.casp.net Fighting SLAPPs, Protecting the First Amendment Tue, 09 May 2023 23:45:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 Comment on Malin v. Singer by Court holds that pre-litigation demand email is extortionate as a matter of law | California Anti-SLAPP Project https://www.casp.net/california-anti-slapp-first-amendment-law-resources/caselaw/california-courts-of-appeal-cases/malin-v-singer/#comment-239428 Tue, 11 Jan 2022 21:31:19 +0000 http://www.casp.net/?page_id=4559#comment-239428 […] and therefore the anti-SLAPP law did not apply: Cohen v. Brown and Mendoza v. Hamzeh. A third case, Malin v. Singer (where CASP was counsel for two of the defendants), held that the demand letter in that case was […]

]]> Comment on Devin Nunes – California’s SLAPP-Filer-in-Chief by Devin Nunes Won’t Stop Suing to Silence Critics | California Anti-SLAPP Project https://www.casp.net/devin-nunes-californias-slapp-filer-in-chief/#comment-239418 Mon, 10 May 2021 18:24:10 +0000 https://www.casp.net/?p=5128#comment-239418 […] last we wrote about Devin Nunes in September, he had filed numerous potential SLAPP suits around the country, and had recently had one such suit […]

]]> Comment on Stages of a SLAPP Suit by What is a SLAPP lawsuit? | How to Take an Abusive In-Law to Court https://www.casp.net/stages-of-a-slapp-suit/#comment-239417 Mon, 13 Nov 2017 01:41:57 +0000 http://www.casp.net/?p=3158#comment-239417 […] https://www.casp.net/uncategorized/stages-of-a-slapp-suit/ […]

]]> Comment on 2022 Marks 30 Years of Protections Against SLAPPs by Internet Defamation: Anti-SLAPP Laws | Revision Legal https://www.casp.net/2012-marks-20-years-of-protections-against-slapps/#comment-239124 Thu, 28 Jul 2016 23:30:51 +0000 http://www.casp.net/?p=3832#comment-239124 […] And lack of controlling law isn’t the only obstacle defendants may face: courts have superseded anti-SLAPP statutes using federal law, like copyright law and rules of evidence. […]

]]> Comment on Makaeff’s Anti-SLAPP Motion (Finally) Granted in Lawsuit Against Trump University – Anti-SLAPP Statute Still Applicable to State Claims in Federal Court by About Anti-SLAPP Legislation | Anti-SLAPP Legislation https://www.casp.net/makaeffs-anti-slapp-motion-finally-granted-in-lawsuit-against-trump-university-anti-slapp-statute-still-applicable-to-state-claims-in-federal-court/#comment-238023 Thu, 10 Mar 2016 05:39:28 +0000 http://www.casp.net/?p=4927#comment-238023 […] a class-action lawsuit against Trump University, and Trump counter-filed against Tarla Makaeff, but lost to California anti-SLAPP legislation, in June […]

]]> Comment on Makaeff’s Anti-SLAPP Motion (Finally) Granted in Lawsuit Against Trump University – Anti-SLAPP Statute Still Applicable to State Claims in Federal Court by Anonymous https://www.casp.net/makaeffs-anti-slapp-motion-finally-granted-in-lawsuit-against-trump-university-anti-slapp-statute-still-applicable-to-state-claims-in-federal-court/#comment-237987 Wed, 02 Mar 2016 02:28:42 +0000 http://www.casp.net/?p=4927#comment-237987 […] recently got stung with an anti-SLAPP decision, which he probably had in mind when he spoke about “opening […]

]]> Comment on What Counts as Speech, Anyway? by Arizona Bill May Violate First Amendment, Even As Amended | California Anti-SLAPP Project https://www.casp.net/what-counts-as-speech-anyway/#comment-237986 Mon, 29 Feb 2016 17:38:56 +0000 http://www.casp.net/?p=2728#comment-237986 […] bill closer to constitutionality, but still probably fall short, because — as I have noted here — conduct is often protected as speech, and indeed, much protected speech takes the form of […]

]]> Comment on DMCA Take-Down Notices and the Need for Federal Anti-SLAPP Legislation by U.K. to Enact Libel Reform Law | California Anti-SLAPP Project https://www.casp.net/dmca-take-down-notices-and-the-need-for-federal-anti-slapp-legislation/#comment-237985 Mon, 29 Feb 2016 17:38:24 +0000 http://www.casp.net/?p=2817#comment-237985 […] procedure provided for copyright holders under U.S. law.  Unfortunately, that procedure has become widely abused in very SLAPP-like ways.  One of the stories linked seems to state that the notice-and-takedown […]

]]> Comment on What To Do When Your Internet Service Provider Tells You Your Information Has Been Subpoenaed by An Even More Outrageous, Unconstitutional Cyberbullying Law | California Anti-SLAPP Project https://www.casp.net/what-to-do-when-your-internet-service-provider-tells-you-your-information-has-been-subpoenaed/#comment-237984 Mon, 29 Feb 2016 17:38:05 +0000 http://www.casp.net/?p=2918#comment-237984 […] California law, in fact, provides specific protections for anonymous online speech under Code of Civil Procedure section 1987.1 and 1987.2 (provisions which CASP helped to draft and enact), which allow for an anti-SLAPP-like motion to quash any out-of-state subpoena seeking to reveal your identity for exercising your free speech rights anonymously on the internet.  (For more information on that topic, see our blog post on what to do when your internet service provider tells you your information has been subp….) […]

]]> Comment on Makaeff’s Anti-SLAPP Motion (Finally) Granted in Lawsuit Against Trump University – Anti-SLAPP Statute Still Applicable to State Claims in Federal Court by Trump University Sued Disgruntled Former Students https://www.casp.net/makaeffs-anti-slapp-motion-finally-granted-in-lawsuit-against-trump-university-anti-slapp-statute-still-applicable-to-state-claims-in-federal-court/#comment-237971 Sun, 28 Feb 2016 13:46:05 +0000 http://www.casp.net/?p=4927#comment-237971 […] It only took four years, but Marakieff prevailed in her anti-SLAPP claim. […]

]]>