anti-SLAPP law
noun
an·ti-SLAPP law
ˌan-tē-ˈslap- 
ˌan-tī-
plural anti-SLAPP laws
: a law intended to prevent SLAPP suits
Ken Paulson, who directs the Free Speech Center at Middle Tennessee State University, said anti-SLAPP laws are like "free-speech insurance." "The key to an anti-SLAPP law is to prevent people with a lot of money and resources from intimidating people from saying anything negative about them," he said.—
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Netflix moved to dismiss the lawsuit under California’s anti-SLAPP law, which allows for the early dismissal of lawsuits intended to chill free speech.
—Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
John Eastman, a former Trump attorney also charged in the case, moved to dismiss the indictment on Friday under the same anti-SLAPP law.
—Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 26 June 2024
The motion to dismiss the indictment is based on Arizona's anti-SLAPP law.
—Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 26 June 2024
California was the first state to pass an anti-SLAPP law, in 1992, to target lawsuits that abuse the judicial system.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2024
What does the case mean for Arizona's anti-SLAPP law?
—Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 5 Mar. 2024
More than half of U.S. states have some kind of anti-SLAPP laws, according to the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.
—Ian Max Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 16 Feb. 2024
But in his ruling in January, Judge Epstein ruled that the anti-SLAPP law didn’t quite fit all of the lawsuit’s allegations.
—Bill Donahue, Billboard, 8 Mar. 2024
Ben Berwick, counsel at Protect Democracy and one of Richer's attorneys for the lawsuit, said the decision could leave the new anti-SLAPP law open to interpretation as other cases come along to test it.
—Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 5 Mar. 2024
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Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
John Eastman, a former Trump attorney also charged in the case, moved to dismiss the indictment on Friday under the same anti-SLAPP law.
—Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 26 June 2024
The motion to dismiss the indictment is based on Arizona's anti-SLAPP law.
—Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 26 June 2024
California was the first state to pass an anti-SLAPP law, in 1992, to target lawsuits that abuse the judicial system.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2024
What does the case mean for Arizona's anti-SLAPP law?
—Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 5 Mar. 2024
More than half of U.S. states have some kind of anti-SLAPP laws, according to the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.
—Ian Max Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 16 Feb. 2024
But in his ruling in January, Judge Epstein ruled that the anti-SLAPP law didn’t quite fit all of the lawsuit’s allegations.
—Bill Donahue, Billboard, 8 Mar. 2024
Ben Berwick, counsel at Protect Democracy and one of Richer's attorneys for the lawsuit, said the decision could leave the new anti-SLAPP law open to interpretation as other cases come along to test it.
—Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 5 Mar. 2024
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