blogging | California Anti-SLAPP Project https://www.casp.net Fighting SLAPPs, Protecting the First Amendment Tue, 11 Jan 2022 21:46:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/www.casp.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/cropped-Screenshot_20230105_031843.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 blogging | California Anti-SLAPP Project https://www.casp.net 32 32 39824003 Bloggers entitled to same free speech protections as traditional journalists https://www.casp.net/bloggers-entitled-to-same-free-speech-protections-as-traditional-journalists/ Thu, 23 Jan 2014 23:25:38 +0000 http://www.casp.net/?p=4399 On Friday Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Andrew Hurwitz issued an opinion in Obsidian Finance Group, LLC. v. Cox.  His opening line was as follows:

“This case requires us to address a question of first impression: What First … Read the rest

The post Bloggers entitled to same free speech protections as traditional journalists first appeared on California Anti-SLAPP Project.]]> 4399 A Great SLAPP Decision: Redmond v. Gawker Continues the Evolution of Online Defamation Law https://www.casp.net/a-great-slapp-decision-redmond-v-gawker-continues-the-evolution-of-online-defamation-law/ https://www.casp.net/a-great-slapp-decision-redmond-v-gawker-continues-the-evolution-of-online-defamation-law/#comments Thu, 30 Aug 2012 17:52:25 +0000 http://www.casp.net/?p=3594 Written by Ryan Metheny and Mark Goldowitz

On the heels of Ryan’s post regarding arguably the worst decision under the California Anti-SLAPP law, we thought it appropriate to praise a great recent decision that properly applied the law, entitled … Read the rest

The post A Great SLAPP Decision: Redmond v. Gawker Continues the Evolution of Online Defamation Law first appeared on California Anti-SLAPP Project.]]> https://www.casp.net/a-great-slapp-decision-redmond-v-gawker-continues-the-evolution-of-online-defamation-law/feed/ 6 3594 Another (Even More Outrageous, Unconstitutional) “Cyberbullying” Law https://www.casp.net/another-even-more-outrageous-unconstitutional-cyberbullying-law/ Tue, 22 May 2012 23:51:20 +0000 http://www.casp.net/?p=3258 Following up on our post regarding the ridiculously overbroad first draft of Arizona’s new cyber harassment law, it seems the state legislature of New York has also hopped aboard the bandwagon of passing unconstitutional prior restraints on internet speech.  … Read the rest

The post Another (Even More Outrageous, Unconstitutional) “Cyberbullying” Law first appeared on California Anti-SLAPP Project.]]> 3258 Former Church Member Sued for Negative Review of Church https://www.casp.net/former-church-member-sued-for-negative-review-of-church/ Wed, 16 May 2012 19:51:48 +0000 http://www.casp.net/?p=3169 TechDirt and others are reporting on an interesting possible SLAPP filed by an Oregon church, the Beaverton Grace Bible Church, against a former member who wrote a bad review of the church online on her blog.  The statements the … Read the rest

The post Former Church Member Sued for Negative Review of Church first appeared on California Anti-SLAPP Project.]]> 3169 Example of a SLAPPed Blogger Fighting Back https://www.casp.net/example-of-a-slapped-blogger-fighting-back/ Tue, 15 May 2012 22:14:46 +0000 http://www.casp.net/?p=3160 Great post by James Skyles at askacyberlawyer.com showing how a SLAPPed blogger sued in Georgia has fought back against the plaintiff in his lawsuit.  The letter embedded in the post does a good job of explaining some of the typical, … Read the rest

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