In New York in 2026, defendants who move fast can often turn the tables early through strict timing rules, hard fact-versus-opinion lines, ...

Pennsylvania’s Anti-SLAPP statute provides immunity from civil liability for individuals engaged in “protected public expression,” which includes the exercise of freedom of speech on matters of public ...

This piece breaks down the en banc decision in three parts. Part 1 is a primer on D.C. Home Rule—which is central to the decision. Part 2 describes the concerns posed by “SLAPPs” (an acronym for ...

The California Supreme Court sided with the state bar in a unanimous decision that resolves a lingering dispute over the state's anti-SLAPP statute. The California Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that ...

Free speech is one of America's greatest rights. The year 2025 was a big one for the Uniform Public Expression Protection Act ("UPEPA"), which is the only uniform and most popular Anti-SLAPP law in ...

The legislation would allow courts to quickly weed out meritless lawsuits intended to chill speech about matters of public interest.

SYRIZA MEP Costas Arvanitis stated that the recent rejection by Greek courts of punitive lawsuits against Stelios Kouloglou ...

The Independent joins 120 high-profile names backing calls to end silencing lawsuits - Letter demanding government include ...

The fourth edition of the Annual SLAPPs Report, prepared by the Daphne Caruana Galizia Foundation, showed Saturday that 91 SLAPP cases were filed in Malta between 2010 and 2024. The report was ...

"The legislature must urgently transpose the European anti-SLAPP directive into French law to put an end to the use of these gagging procedures. Citizens' right to information is at stake" - RSF This ...