Constitutional Law
Jun. 13, 2012
Court of Appeal rules 95-year-old defamation statute unconstitutional
An archaic statute regulating speech regarding banks was rule unconstitutional by the 1st District. By Mark Goldowitz and Ryan Metheny of the California Anti-SLAPP Project
Anyone who has participated in an Internet message board discussion knows that posters on such boards, especially anonymous ones, often play fast and loose with the facts, espouse strident opinions, and even resort to name-calling and vituperation. Much of this is the type of speech that, prior to the Internet, was confined to settings where it was unlikely to be heard or read by many people (physical poster boards, drunken bar ...
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