Fighting SLAPPs, Protecting the First Amendment
On Friday Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Andrew Hurwitz issued an opinion in Obsidian Finance Group, LLC. v. Cox. His opening line was as follows:
“This case requires us to address a question of first impression: What First … Read the rest
Written by Ryan Metheny and Mark Goldowitz
On the heels of Ryan’s post regarding arguably the worst decision under the California Anti-SLAPP law, we thought it appropriate to praise a great recent decision that properly applied the law, entitled … 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
TechDirt and others are reporting on an interesting possible SLAPP filed by an Oregon church, the Beaverton Grace Bible Church, against a former member who wrote a bad review of the church online on her blog. The statements the … Read the rest
Great post by James Skyles at askacyberlawyer.com showing how a SLAPPed blogger sued in Georgia has fought back against the plaintiff in his lawsuit. The letter embedded in the post does a good job of explaining some of the typical, … Read the rest