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  2. Strategic lawsuit against public participation - Wikipedia

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    The lawsuit has been described by legal experts as a SLAPP. [ 135 ] [ 136 ] The suit was filed in Virginia, a state known to have weak anti-SLAPP laws, rather than in California, where Nunes lives and where Twitter is headquartered, which has strong anti-SLAPP laws. [ 135 ]

  3. Varian v. Delfino - Wikipedia

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    The trial court denied the motion and Delfino and Day appealed from that denial, but the trial court and California Courts of Appeal refused to stay the trial under Code of Civil Procedure section 916 while the anti-SLAPP appeal was pending. At the conclusion of a seven-week jury trial the anti-SLAPP appeal was dismissed as moot.

  4. Special motion to strike - Wikipedia

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    More than 300 published court opinions have interpreted and applied California's anti-SLAPP law. [3] Because the right to file a special motion to strike is substantive immunity to suit , rather than a merely procedural right, federal courts apply the law to state law claims they hear under diversity jurisdiction .

  5. Why Ohio needs anti-SLAPP legislation | Strictly Legal - AOL

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    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.

  6. Free speech law in Tennessee takes a blow from state Supreme ...

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    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 ...

  7. Ariana Madix Files Motion to Dismiss Rachel Leviss' Revenge ...

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    Ariana Madix has filed an "anti-SLAPP" motion to dismiss Rachel Leviss' revenge porn lawsuit against her and her ex, Tom Sandoval.According to legal documents obtained by ET, the 38-year-old ...

  8. Taus v. Loftus - Wikipedia

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    Taus v. Loftus, 151 P.3d 1185 (Cal. 2007) was a Supreme Court of California case in which the court held that academic researchers' publication of information relating to a study by another researcher was newsworthy and subject to protection under the state's anti-SLAPP act. The court noted that the defendants had not disclosed the plaintiff's ...

  9. SPEAK FREE Act of 2015 - Wikipedia

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    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. [2] [3] [5]