Fighting SLAPPs, Protecting the First Amendment
News items about CASP or a case we are following
by Flynn Ezra Beckman
We thought we would check in on Devin Nunes and see how his nine (9!) defamation suits are going.
When last we wrote about Devin Nunes in September, he had filed numerous potential SLAPP suits … Read the rest
by: Mark Goldowitz
CASP Joins 33 Other Organizations in Letter Urging Congress to Enact SPEAK FREE Act.
“On May 13, 2015, bi-partisan co-sponsors in the House introduced the SPEAK FREE Act of 2015, a law designed to protect Americans from … Read the rest
UPDATE: On August 13, 2014, the California Supreme Court unanimously voted to grant a petition for review in this case, to address the following issue: “Did votes by city officials to approve a contract constitute conduct protected under Code of … Read the rest
by Evan Mascagni and Mark Goldowitz
The Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, Division 2, issued a published opinion last week in Mission Springs Water District v. Verjil reversing its earlier rule denying the applicability of the anti-SLAPP law to … Read the rest
CASP has blogged and questioned whether Gerbosi v. Gaims, (2011) 193 Cal.App.4th 435, was the worst decision ever decided under the California anti-SLAPP law, as it held that the mere allegation that defendant’s conduct was criminal means that the … Read the rest
The Public Participation Project (PPP) is the only organization in the United States whose main mission is to strengthen the First Amendment rights of all Americans through federal anti-SLAPP legislation. PPP recently launched an Indiegogo campaign to raise funds to … Read the rest
Since 1991, the California Anti-SLAPP Project has organized broad support for California’s anti-SLAPP law, leading to its enactment in 1992 and subsequent amendments strengthening the law. Despite opposition along the way, CASP has helped California’s anti-SLAPP law become one of … Read the rest
Mark Goldowitz, Founder and Director of the California Anti-SLAPP Project, was recently interviewed and quoted in a Feature article by Emily Miller at Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press discussing SLAPPs and the need for federal anti-SLAPP legislation. … Read the rest
Following up on our post regarding the ridiculously overbroad first draft of Arizona’s new cyber harassment law, it seems the state legislature of New York has also hopped aboard the bandwagon of passing unconstitutional prior restraints on internet speech. … Read the rest
Paul Clifford, attorney at the California Anti-SLAPP Project, was quoted in a Businessweek article today discussing the California Public Employees’ Retirement System’s $1 billion lawsuit over Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s Investors Service Inc. ratings of structured investment vehicles.
The … Read the rest