Federal anti-SLAPP | California Anti-SLAPP Project https://www.casp.net Fighting SLAPPs, Protecting the First Amendment Tue, 09 May 2023 23:45:49 +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 Federal anti-SLAPP | California Anti-SLAPP Project https://www.casp.net 32 32 39824003 Devin Nunes Won’t Stop Suing to Silence Critics https://www.casp.net/devin-nunes-wont-stop-suing-to-silence-critics/ https://www.casp.net/devin-nunes-wont-stop-suing-to-silence-critics/#respond Mon, 10 May 2021 18:23:58 +0000 https://www.casp.net/?p=5822 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 rest

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CASP Joins 33 Other Organizations in Letter Urging Congress to Enact SPEAK FREE Act.

“On May 13, 2015, bi-partisan co-sponsors in the House introduced the SPEAK FREE Act of 2015, a law designed to protect Americans from … Read the rest

The post MOMENTUM BUILDS FOR FEDERAL ANTI-SLAPP LAW first appeared on California Anti-SLAPP Project.]]> 5029 Makaeff’s Anti-SLAPP Motion (Finally) Granted in Lawsuit Against Trump University – Anti-SLAPP Statute Still Applicable to State Claims in Federal Court 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/ 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/#comments Tue, 24 Jun 2014 18:00:57 +0000 http://www.casp.net/?p=4927 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

The post Makaeff’s Anti-SLAPP Motion (Finally) Granted in Lawsuit Against Trump University – Anti-SLAPP Statute Still Applicable to State Claims in Federal Court first appeared on California Anti-SLAPP Project.]]> 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/feed/ 4 4927 California Anti-SLAPP Law Is Substantive and Applies in Federal Court, Second Circuit Holds https://www.casp.net/second-circuit-holds-the-california-anti-slapp-law-is-substantive-and-applies-in-federal-court/ Wed, 12 Jun 2013 20:41:16 +0000 http://www.casp.net/?p=4221 The Second Circuit has now joined the First, Fifth, and Ninth Circuits in holding that state anti-SLAPP laws confer substantive laws under the Erie doctrine, and are therefore applicable in federal court.

In Liberty Synergistics Inc. v. Microflo Ltd., … Read the rest

The post California Anti-SLAPP Law Is Substantive and Applies in Federal Court, Second Circuit Holds first appeared on California Anti-SLAPP Project.]]> 4221 Faster than a speeding bullet, the right to appeal an anti-SLAPP motion in federal court is instantaneous. https://www.casp.net/faster-than-a-speeding-bullet-the-right-to-appeal-an-anti-slapp-motion-in-federal-court-is-instantaneous/ Tue, 29 Jan 2013 22:22:14 +0000 http://www.casp.net/?p=4102 In DC Comics v. Pac. Pictures Corp., the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals reaffirmed the rule that an order ruling on a motion made pursuant to California’s anti-SLAPP statute is immediately appealable in federal court.

In the search for … Read the rest

The post Faster than a speeding bullet, the right to appeal an anti-SLAPP motion in federal court is instantaneous. first appeared on California Anti-SLAPP Project.]]> 4102 2022 Marks 30 Years of Protections Against SLAPPs https://www.casp.net/2012-marks-20-years-of-protections-against-slapps/ https://www.casp.net/2012-marks-20-years-of-protections-against-slapps/#comments Tue, 06 Nov 2012 20:04:35 +0000 http://www.casp.net/?p=3832 Since 1991, the California Anti-SLAPP Project has organized broad support for California’s anti-SLAPP law, leading to its enactment in 1992 and subsequent amendments strengthening the law. Despite opposition along the way, CASP has helped California’s anti-SLAPP law become one of … Read the rest

The post 2022 Marks 30 Years of Protections Against SLAPPs first appeared on California Anti-SLAPP Project.]]> https://www.casp.net/2012-marks-20-years-of-protections-against-slapps/feed/ 1 3832 Anti-SLAPP Laws on Trial https://www.casp.net/anti-slapp-laws-on-trial/ Wed, 12 Sep 2012 22:09:23 +0000 http://www.casp.net/?p=3641 Mark Goldowitz, Founder and Director of the California Anti-SLAPP Project, was recently interviewed and quoted in a Feature article by Emily Miller at Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press discussing SLAPPs and the need for federal anti-SLAPP legislation.  … Read the rest

The post Anti-SLAPP Laws on Trial first appeared on California Anti-SLAPP Project.]]> 3641 U.K. to Enact Libel Reform Law https://www.casp.net/u-k-to-enact-libel-reform-law/ Thu, 10 May 2012 00:12:35 +0000 http://www.casp.net/?p=3070 Story here and here.  Kudos to the Index on Censorship for leading the Libel Reform Campaign.

Britain’s archaic libel laws (not officially reformed since 1843!) have long been exploited by those seeking to chill the free speech rights … Read the rest

The post U.K. to Enact Libel Reform Law first appeared on California Anti-SLAPP Project.]]> 3070 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/ 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 A Rather Amazing (Possible) SLAPP… https://www.casp.net/a-rather-amazing-possible-slapp/ Wed, 25 Apr 2012 00:10:42 +0000 http://www.casp.net/?p=2809 Kudos to TechDirt for catching this rather amazing SLAPP in which a judge, of all people, decided to sue a newspaper for publishing an editorial about a lawsuit the newspaper lost in a case presided over by that very judge. … Read the rest

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