(CN) - A former high school basketball coach failed to convince an Illinois appeals court that the state's anti-SLAPP law is unconstitutional and should not have been used to dismiss his defamation ...

Major reforms to defamation law have been approved by the Oireachtas, with further legislation on so-called SLAPPs to follow ...

Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell, the region's top prosecutor, is seeking to overturn a law that protects the public from lawsuits that stifle civic participation. In a court filing Oct. 17, ...

Strategic lawsuit against public participation, or SLAPP, is a legal strategy dating back to the 1960s by large corporations and political figures to suppress those speaking out against them. “SLAPP ...

Only used a handful of times so far, the Tennessee statute designed to reign in lawsuits intended to chill free speech faces its first constitutional challenge in a defamation case related to the TV ...

Anti-SLAPP laws provide defendants a way to quickly dismiss meritless lawsuits — known as SLAPPs or strategic lawsuits against public participation — filed against them for exercising speech, press, ...

Justice Building in Salem which houses the Oregon Supreme Court and the Oregon Court of Appeals. Credit: Rex Wholster/Shutterstock An Oregon woman's challenge to a lawsuit from the state's Department ...

Letter demanding government include anti-SLAPP provisions in next King’s speech ‘sends powerful message British courts should not be abused to silence protected speech’ ...