We wrote recently about Sherrod v. Breitbart and O’Connor , the case argued last month in the D.C. Circuit that asks the Court to decide, among other questions, whether the District of Columbia’s anti-SLAPP statute should be applied in federal court...(read more)
Timing is Everything -- Breitbart Case Highlights Deadline Issue
Last week, we made our first foray into Sherrod v. Breitbart and O’Connor , which was argued in the D.C. Circuit several weeks ago and which will, hopefully, address the question whether the District of Columbia’s new anti-SLAPP statute should be...(read more)
D.C. Circuit Considers Anti-SLAPP Case
Until now, we have not yet waded into the legal and political morass that is Shirley Sherrod v. Andrew Breitbart and Larry O’Connor . In case you have not picked up a newspaper in the past three years, this is a complaint brought by a former...(read more)
A Brief Overview of Anti-SLAPP Statutes
As we discussed in this earlier post , anti-SLAPP statutes are laws designed to prevent plaintiffs from using the threat of costly litigation to chill the free speech rights of people seeking to participate in the public debate over important issues...(read more)
California Supreme Court Narrows Anti-SLAPP Exemption
The California Supreme Court in mid-December ruled that a statutory exception to the state's landmark anti-SLAPP statute should be narrowly construed, reversing a lower court ruling to the contrary. California's anti-SLAPP (Strategic Litigation...(read more)
Italian Prime Minister Accused of Using Libel Lawsuits to Pressure Journalists
Rachel Donadio wrote recently about Italy's litigious Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi . In three separate stints as Prime Minister, Berlusconi has himself instituted at least two defamation lawsuits against his critics, and a third has been...(read more)