South Dakota joins the majority of states with similar measures protecting public speakers ranging from political advocates to community newspapers with small budgets.

A bill to curb strategic lawsuits against public participation died this session, but these so-called SLAPPs are a likely ...

Introduced by Senators Jeanne Shaheen, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Bill Cassidy, the End Foreign Abuse of United States Courts Act seeks to curb the use of strategic ...

Lawmakers Set to Consider Measure to Curtail SLAPP Lawsuits The Pennsylvania Senate's judiciary committee is set to hold a hearing on proposed legislation that would offer broader protection against ...

By Annie Pulley, THE BADGER PROJECT In the waning days of the state’s legislative session, GOP lawmakers advanced a bill that would discourage frivolous ...

In 2022, Samson Cournane did what countless generations of Americans before him have done, and what the Constitution protects his right to do: he petitioned his congressman. Samson, who was then 14 ...

Shutting down someone’s free speech with a meritless, costly lawsuit sounds downright un-American. But in South Carolina, it’s a genuine risk because of the state’s lack of a law protecting citizens ...

Panel Upholds Dismissal Of Day Camp SLAPP Suit A Brooklyn appellate court has upheld the dismissal of a $45 million defamation suit that a developer brought against opponents of a proposed camp. 2 ...

Tax avoidance promoter’s case against journalist Dan Neidle is dismissed in the first test of a new law to stop abusive litigation ...

SLAPPs, or strategic lawsuits, often target media outlets that engage in investigative journalism. Moldova is no exception. We discussed the issue during a recent workshop in Chisinau ...