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Banking Defamation Statute Ruled Unconstitutional, Case Ruled a SLAPP

Ryan Metheny — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 22:24:50 +0000

Very interesting decision by California’s First Appellate District in a case called Summit Bank v. Rogers this week regarding a 100-year old criminal defamation statute, Financial Code section 1327, which makes it a misdemeanor for any person to make any … Read the rest

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Another (Even More Outrageous, Unconstitutional) “Cyberbullying” Law

Ryan Metheny — Tue, 22 May 2012 23:51:20 +0000

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

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Former Church Member Sued for Negative Review of Church

Ryan Metheny — Wed, 16 May 2012 19:51:48 +0000

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

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CASP clients are awarded more than $80,000 in attorneys fees.

lisa — Thu, 26 May 2011 22:08:39 +0000

After the Court of Appeal reversed the trial court’s ruling on six of seven claims against CASP’s clients, the trial court granted defendants’ motion for attorneys’ fees in an award of more than $80,000. Pursuant to the anti-SLAPP law, defendants … Read the rest

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Court of Appeal holds that CASP’s client’s review was protected conduct under the anti-SLAPP law.

lisa — Thu, 26 May 2011 22:02:06 +0000

On November 9, 2010, the 6th District Court of Appeal reversed the trial court’s denial of an anti-SLAPP motion to strike a dentist’s claims of libel per se and international and negligent infliction of emotional distress, filed against two parents … Read the rest

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