Pennsylvania’s Anti-SLAPP statute provides immunity from civil liability for individuals engaged in “protected public expression,” which includes the exercise of freedom of speech on matters of public ...

In New York in 2026, defendants who move fast can often turn the tables early through strict timing rules, hard fact-versus-opinion lines, ...

University School of Nashville alum Gidgie Bass has asked a court to dismiss a defamation claim from Dean Masullo, her former English teacher, who left the school in 2024 after being publicly accused ...

Free speech is one of America's greatest rights. The year 2025 was a big one for the Uniform Public Expression Protection Act ("UPEPA"), which is the only uniform and most popular Anti-SLAPP law in ...

The Independent joins 120 high-profile names backing calls to end silencing lawsuits - Letter demanding government include ...

Colorado Rep. Ron Weinberg, a Loveland Republican, has dropped a defamation lawsuit he filed against two women who accused him of sexual harassment, ahead of a key court hearing this week.

"The legislature must urgently transpose the European anti-SLAPP directive into French law to put an end to the use of these gagging procedures. Citizens' right to information is at stake" - RSF This ...

Senate Bill 666/Assembly Bill 701, would adopt Uniform Public Expression Protection Act would bring free speech protections ...