CHICAGO, June 6, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Civil Liberties Union and a group of prominent media organizations have asked the Illinois Supreme Court to uphold a 2007 state law that permits ordinary citizens to speak out on questions of public policy without fear of expensive, lengthy, retaliatory lawsuits brought by the subjects of their speech. The request comes in an amicus curiae brief filed recently by the ACLU of Illinois, the Illinois Press Association, the Illinois Broadcasters Association, and the Public Participation Project. In the case, Sandholm v. Kueker, et.al., the free speech advocates ask the Court to uphold the 2007 Illinois Citizen's Participation Act (CPA), a measure designed to encourage free speech for members of the public. The CPA grants individu...
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Beginning June 1, attorneys filing suit in Maryland will pay an increased surcharge of between $8 and $30 under legislation the General Assembly passed Monday night to raise more money to assist low-income litigants. In the waning hours of its 2010 session, the Legislature also passed legislation making it easier for grassroots organization to have courts dismiss litigation brought by companies to silence them, the so-called Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation. On the crime-fighting front, the General Assembly passed legislation to increase the prison sentences for violent crimes committed by gang members.
Media and grassroots organizations are battling businesses over legislation that would make it easier to dismiss lawsuits brought to silence or immobilize such groups. The controversial measure is intended to strengthen protection against "strategic lawsuits against public participation" or SLAPPs, by removing the requirement that groups seeking to dismiss such lawsuits prove they had been filed "in bad faith" or were "intended to inhibit" their free-expression rights.
ARLINGTON, Va. (HedgeWorld.com) - The Reporters Committee on Freedom of the Press has entered the fray over the alleged manipulation of the stock price of Overstock.com. In a friend of the court (amicus) brief filed with California's appellate court, the RCFP calls for the dismissal of Overstock's pending lawsuit against Gradient Analytics. The trial court said earlier this year that the anti-SLAPP statute (i.e., that law prohibiting "strategic lawsuits against public participation") doesn't prohibit Overstock's lawsuit against Gradient, because Overstock has passed the threshold of a prima facie showing that it has been libeled. The RCFP brief, filed Aug. 14, is aimed at persuading the appellate court to reverse that decision.
Barzilai discusses the possible help the journalists may contribute in lobbying for anti-strategic lawsuits against public participation or anti-SLAPP law, a law that will penalize individuals who set up other people in costly litigations with baseless claims. She states that since journalists have great resources and wide access to propagate public awareness, it is better equipped in getting the anti-SLAPP law to be passed in the US.
Suppose your construction company records a lien. In response, the property owner sues for slander of title. Or, suppose your management company serves a legally required notice to a tenant, and the tenant sues for emotional distress in response to the contents of that notice. Or, suppose you make a negative statement about a competitor before a planning commission, and that competitor sues for defamation. How might such claims be disposed of quickly and efficiently? Oregon is one of a number of states (including Washington and California) with laws that permit defendants to quickly dispose of such lawsuits and recover attorneys' fees. The laws are called anti- SLAPP statutes; SLAPP stands for "Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation." The purpose of anti-SLAPP laws is to disc...
A dispute over a pile of topsoil that has vexed South Portland city government for more than two years also raised questions that sharply divided the Maine Supreme Judicial Court. The issue: Does the law that protects people who petition their government from frivolous lawsuits, known as Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation, automatically shield them from the cost of mounting a legal defense?
SAN RAFAEL, Calif. (HedgeWorld.com) - Overstock.com Inc.'s much- publicized litigation against Rocker Partners LP and Gradient Analytics Inc., over their alleged conspiracy to manipulate Overstock's share price downward, survived a motion to dismiss brought by the defendants under California's anti-SLAPP laws. The acronym stands for "strategic lawsuits against public participation," and California's civil code, 425.16 is designed to protect citizens from meritless lawsuits brought in order to chill their use of their free-speech rights.
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