Archive for Anti-SLAPP Law

News/Media Alliance Joins Brief Promoting an Interpretation of New Jersey’s anti-SLAPP Law that Safeguards the Public’s Role in Promoting Public Safety
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News/Media Alliance Joins Brief Promoting an Interpretation of New Jersey’s anti-SLAPP Law that Safeguards the Public’s Role in Promoting Public Safety

The brief stresses that the anti-SLAPP law was enacted to counter threats to First Amendment expression posed by the weaponization of libel and defamation suits ... Read More
Minnesota Adopts the Uniform Public Expression Protection Act as Anti-SLAPP Law
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Minnesota Adopts the Uniform Public Expression Protection Act as Anti-SLAPP Law

Effective May 25th, Minnesota adopted the Uniform Public Expression Protection Act (UPEPA) to protect journalists and the public against meritless lawsuits meant to prevent the ... Read More
New Jersey Becomes 33rd State to Enact an Anti-SLAPP Law
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New Jersey Becomes 33rd State to Enact an Anti-SLAPP Law

On September 7th, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed into law S.2802/A.4393, to provide anti-SLAPP protections against lawsuits known as SLAPPs (short for strategic lawsuits ... Read More