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Strategic lawsuits against public participation (also known as SLAPP suits or intimidation lawsuits), [1] or strategic litigation against public participation, [2] are lawsuits intended to censor, intimidate, and silence critics by burdening them with the cost of a legal defense until they abandon their criticism or opposition.
A "SLAPP" is a "strategic lawsuit against public participation." What it refers to is a lawsuit filed by someone with deep pockets to stop citizens from speaking on matters of public interest.
"SLAPP Suits" is a segment of HBO's news-satire television series Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, focusing on strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPP). It first aired on November 10, 2019, as part of the twenty-ninth episode of the series's sixth season.
A SLAPP lawsuit is defined as legal action taken by one party that is intended to "dissuade their critics from continuing to produce negative publicity. By definition, SLAPP suits do not have any ...
Correspondingly, food libel cases have been alleged to be strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs). [27] In general, a SLAPP is a defamation or libel suit whose primary purpose is to silence the speaker and intimidate others from engaging in similar speech. [28]
In a unanimous decision, the state Supreme Court ruled that defendants alleging they are victims of a Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation — often known as a “SLAPP-suit” — are ...
The bill was designed to prevent SLAPP lawsuits (strategic lawsuit against public participation), which are often brought to silence critics. [2] [3] SLAPP suits are used as legal retaliation, [4] by burdening them with the costs of a legal defense, until they abandon their criticism.
SLAPP suits are meritless legal claims filed to intimate or financially cripple an individual's critics into silence. Despite defeat, Boren filed an appeal to the Idaho Supreme Court in March.