Law Practice
Aug. 22, 2006
State's Anti-SLAPP Law Is a Gag on Political Libel Claims
Focus Column - The California Legislature joined a growing national trend when it passed the state's first anti-SLAPP law, providing defendants with a pre-emptive motion to promptly defeat certain lawsuits arising from the exercise of free speech.
By Pamela Lawton Wilson
The California Legislature joined a growing national trend when it passed the state's first anti-SLAPP law, providing defendants with a pre-emptive motion to promptly defeat certain lawsuits arising from the exercise of free speech. The statute for Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation has a punishing attorney-fee shifting clause that awards hefty fees against chastened plaintiffs. (Califo...
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