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Colorado Supreme Court Clarifies Applicability of Anti-SLAPP LAW

Pagosa Daily Post 24 Dec 2025
Tender Care interpreted the “public interest” parameters of the six-year-old anti-SLAPP law. ... The Court of Appeals had ruled that the anti-SLAPP law does not protect online criticisms “made primarily ...
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Cyprus introduces anti-SLAPP bill to protect journalists and activists from predatory lawsuits

Philenews 23 Dec 2025
The Republic of Cyprus has moved to shield journalists, activists, and whistleblowers from predatory legal actions with the introduction of a bill designed to curb “Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation” (SLAPPs) ... Read more. ... ....
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City lawyer cleared of bogus legal threat in key SLAPPs case

The Bureau of Investigative Journalism 09 Dec 2025
web ... The case, which has been shrouded in secrecy, was seen as an important test in the ongoing effort to stamp out so-called SLAPPs – expensive lawsuits that set out to silence criticism. It has failed ... Hutchings denied all wrongdoing ... Home page ....
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UK will ramp up clampdown on ‘abusive’ Slapps lawsuits, Lammy says

The Guardian 08 Dec 2025
... determined to crack down on the practice known as Slapps – strategic lawsuits against public participation.
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ASF France Trains Lawyers and Journalists on Tackling SLAPP Suits

This Day 01 Dec 2025
The workshop opened on Monday with ASF Country Director, Angela Uwandu Uzoma-Iwuchukwu warning that SLAPP suits were becoming a sophisticated tool for suppressing public debate.
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Malaysia Must Withdraw Government SLAPP action against HRD Murray Hunter in Thailand’s Criminal Court (OMCT - World Organisation Against Torture)

Public Technologies 01 Dec 2025
Thailand must refuse to allow its criminal courts to be used for SLAPP actions by anyone, even fellow ASEAN member States ... Use of SLAPP action by any Government is UNACCEPTABLE ... More Anti-SLAPP laws are imminent.
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IĠM submits position on media reform, calls for anti-SLAPP law to apply to local cases

The Malta Independent 03 Nov 2025
Some of Malta's leading news platforms have endorsed the submission, including Times of Malta, MaltaToday, Newsbook, The Malta Independent and Content House ... ADVERTISEMENT .
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L&RS Note: Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation (SLAPP) (Houses of the Oireachtas)

Public Technologies 22 Oct 2025
The term SLAPP was first coined in 1988 by two professors from the University of Denver when they published work on the ... SLAPPs, it identifies SLAPPs as being characterised by three common elements..
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EU Must Act Against Legal Bullying of Balkan Journalists: Media Lawyer

Balkan Insight 21 Oct 2025
Press freedom advocate Flutura Kusari says the growing use of aggressive lawsuits to intimidate and silence journalists demands a tougher response from the European Union ....
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Ninth Circuit Reverses Itself On Immediate Appeals Of Anti-SLAPP Rulings

Forbes 13 Oct 2025
Considers opinion of the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Gopher Media LLC v. Melone, where the court reversed itself on the right to appeal in Anti-SLAPP cases ... .
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Fox News wants Gavin Newsom to pay its lawyers

The Tribune San Luis Obispo 01 Oct 2025
The conservative channel claims Gavin Newsom’s defamation suit violates state law and wants its legal fees recouped ... .
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