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Devin Nunes Won’t Stop Suing to Silence Critics
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
Non-Disparagement Agreements and the Law
by Evan Mascagni
Non-disparagement clauses are making a lot of headlines these days. Just last month, a federal judge ruled against Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and held that a broad non-disclosure agreement that the campaign required employees to sign … Read the rest
Filing “Fake Lawsuits” to Fight the “Fake News”
How the Trump campaign is highlighting the need for stronger First Amendment protections across the country
The Trump campaign’s lawsuit earlier this year against the New York Times for an opinion piece published by Max Frankel on March 27, 2019, … Read the rest
Devin Nunes – California’s SLAPP-Filer-in-Chief
Rarely does one individual so perfectly demonstrate the need for strong anti-SLAPP laws at both the state and federal level, but leave it to California’s own Devin Nunes to be the poster child for the need for strong protections against … Read the rest
Supreme Court Limits Right to File Certain Anti-SLAPP Motions
On March 22, 2018, the California Supreme Court issued an opinion in Newport Harbor Ventures, LLC v. Morris Cerullo World Evangelism, S239777, which limits the right to file certain anti-SLAPP motions.
Code of Civil Procedure section 425.16, subdivision (f) … Read the rest
California Supreme Court Reins in Abuse of Anti-SLAPP Law
On May 4, 2017, the California Supreme Court issued an important opinion that reins in abuse of the anti-SLAPP law by government entities. In Park v. Board of Trustees of the California State University, the Court ruled unanimously that … Read the rest
MOMENTUM BUILDS FOR FEDERAL ANTI-SLAPP LAW
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
Vexatious litigant and attorney sanctioned for filing frivolous anti-SLAPP appeal
California’s anti-SLAPP law recently assisted in giving some closure to a defendant who had been battling with a vexatious litigant in California courts for the past ten years.
The dispute began back in 2005 when Lipworth (the defendant in the … Read the rest
Court of Appeal Holds That Anti-SLAPP Law Does Not Apply to Claims Arising from Attorneys’ Withdrawal of Settlement Funds
On Friday, June 27, 2014, the Court of Appeal, Sixth Appellate District, held that the anti-SLAPP law does not apply to causes of action arising from attorneys’ withdrawal of settlement funds because that withdrawal was neither communicative nor related to … Read the rest