https://www.casp.net Fighting SLAPPs, Protecting the First Amendment Tue, 11 Jan 2022 21:35:05 +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 https://www.casp.net 32 32 39824003 https://www.casp.net/did-donald-trump-just-slapp-bill-maher/ Mon, 11 Feb 2013 22:08:07 +0000 http://www.casp.net/?p=4113 Last week, Donald Trump filed a breach of contract lawsuit against comedian Bill Maher in Los Angeles Superior Court. The lawsuit stems from a joke that Maher on an appearance on Jay Leno poking fun at Trump’s birther claims about … Read the rest

The post Did Donald Trump Just SLAPP Bill Maher? first appeared on California Anti-SLAPP Project.]]> 4113 https://www.casp.net/gerbosi-v-gaims-the-worst-decision-under-the-anti-slapp-law/ https://www.casp.net/gerbosi-v-gaims-the-worst-decision-under-the-anti-slapp-law/#comments Fri, 24 Aug 2012 00:18:11 +0000 http://www.casp.net/?p=3587 In any body of case law as large as that applying California’s anti-SLAPP statute (approximately 400 published opinions so far and counting), you will find some outliers and oddities. One case, however, stands out above all the rest.  That decision, … Read the rest

The post Gerbosi v. Gaims: the Worst Decision Under the Anti-SLAPP Law? first appeared on California Anti-SLAPP Project.]]> https://www.casp.net/gerbosi-v-gaims-the-worst-decision-under-the-anti-slapp-law/feed/ 1 3587 https://www.casp.net/lance-armstrong-v-usada-lawsuit-a-slapp/ Sat, 14 Jul 2012 00:23:31 +0000 http://www.casp.net/?p=3581 If you have been following the post-retirement travails of Lance Armstrong, former professional cyclist, cancer survivor and seven-time Tour de France champion, you know that he has found himself in some serious trouble lately.  The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency has gathered … Read the rest

The post Lance Armstrong v. USADA Lawsuit a SLAPP? first appeared on California Anti-SLAPP Project.]]> 3581 https://www.casp.net/dmca-take-down-notices-and-the-need-for-federal-anti-slapp-legislation/ https://www.casp.net/dmca-take-down-notices-and-the-need-for-federal-anti-slapp-legislation/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 21:36:43 +0000 http://www.casp.net/?p=2817 The Electronic Frontier Foundation has a great story up on their DeepLinks blog about the latest abuse of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act’s take-down notice provisions.  It seems that Rush Limbaugh has hopped on the bandwagon of public figures who … Read the rest

The post DMCA Take-Down Notices and the Need for Federal Anti-SLAPP Legislation first appeared on California Anti-SLAPP Project.]]> https://www.casp.net/dmca-take-down-notices-and-the-need-for-federal-anti-slapp-legislation/feed/ 1 2817 https://www.casp.net/jay-leno-slapped/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:40:26 +0000 http://www.casp.net/?p=2632 Last week, Jay Leno joked on his television show that the Golden Temple of Armritsar in India, a holy site to the Sikh religion, was the summer home of wealthy presidential candidate Mitt Romney.  The joke caused a bit of … Read the rest

The post Jay Leno SLAPPed? first appeared on California Anti-SLAPP Project.]]> 2632 https://www.casp.net/is-a-public-figures-sex-life-a-matter-of-public-interest-under-the-anti-slapp-statute/ Fri, 09 Dec 2011 08:00:13 +0000 http://www.casp.net/?p=2567 In light of the recent sex scandal involving Herman Cain, Adrianos Facchetti posted an article on the California Defamation Law Blog addressing whether or not a public figure’s sex life is a matter of public interest under the CA anti-SLAPP … Read the rest

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