online speech | California Anti-SLAPP Project https://www.casp.net Fighting SLAPPs, Protecting the First Amendment Thu, 05 Jan 2023 00:22:24 +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 online speech | California Anti-SLAPP Project https://www.casp.net 32 32 39824003 What to Do When You Receive a Threat Letter https://www.casp.net/what-to-do-when-you-receive-a-threat-letter/ Mon, 18 Jun 2012 22:48:11 +0000 http://www.casp.net/?p=3530 As I have noted here before, before filing a lawsuit, a SLAPP filer will frequently first send you a threat letter.  This letter will state that if you do not stop exercising your First Amendment free speech and/or petition … Read the rest

The post What to Do When You Receive a Threat Letter first appeared on California Anti-SLAPP Project.]]> 3530 Banking Defamation Statute Ruled Unconstitutional, Case Ruled a SLAPP https://www.casp.net/banking-defamation-statute-ruled-unconstitutional-case-ruled-a-slapp/ Fri, 01 Jun 2012 22:24:50 +0000 http://www.casp.net/?p=3396 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

The post Banking Defamation Statute Ruled Unconstitutional, Case Ruled a SLAPP first appeared on California Anti-SLAPP Project.]]> 3396 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 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

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