If you are considering filing a defamation lawsuit or other speech-based claim, you are likely aware that your claim may be challenged based upon free-speech principles or that the defendant may claim ...

The First Amendment Watch is a project sponsored by the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at New York University. The stated mission of the Watch is to document threats to the freedoms of speech, ...

In a previous piece, I explored the Button case. In a nutshell, John Jimison published an unflattering Instagram message about Mitchell and Dusty Button, who sued Jimison for defamation and related ...

Anti-SLAPP laws provide defendants a way to quickly dismiss meritless lawsuits—known as “SLAPPs” or “Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation”—filed against them for exercising their First ...

Several Commercial Division decisions adjudicating Anti-SLAPP law claims demonstrate the complexities that can be involved. Indeed, a recent decision dismissing claims brought by Donald Trump against ...

Pennsylvania’s Anti-SLAPP statute provides immunity from civil liability for individuals engaged in “protected public expression,” which includes the exercise of freedom of speech on matters of public ...