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It's the latest state to pass a bill based on the Uniform Law Commission’s Public Expression Protection Act.

Court: Texas Supreme Court Date Filed: June 7, 2024 Background: In 2009, Mexican pop singer Gloria Trevi and her family…

UPEPA is a model anti-SLAPP law designed to fight meritless lawsuits intended to silence speech, often that of journalists.

Updates: In June 2024, the Ohio Senate unanimously passed SB 237, moving it to the state House of Representatives for…

Court: Illinois Supreme Court Date Filed: April 4, 2024 Background: In 2021, Mauro Glorioso, a former executive of the Illinois…

Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California Date Filed: March 20, 2024 Background: In June 2023, San…

Several provisions in the Florida bills would collide with the First Amendment.

Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Date Filed: Feb. 8, 2024 Background: In 2021, Kim Carter Martinez…

Court: Texas Supreme Court Date Filed: Jan. 16, 2024 Background: In 2021, Tonya Barina filed a defamation lawsuit against Netflix…

As RCFP Legal Fellow Emily Hockett writes, the opinion "gutted vital protections against meritless and abusive lawsuits."