The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed a district court’s denial of a motion to strike a putative class action suit brought under Section 425.16 of California’s anti-SLAPP statute, ...

After Rachel Leviss filed a lawsuit accusing Ariana Madix and Tom Sandoval of distributing revenge porn, the Vanderpump Rules stars’ lawyers have been working overtime to get this thrown out. Tom’s ...

District court orders denying motions to strike under California’s anti-SLAPP statute are not immediately appealable under the collateral order doctrine, according to a significant Ninth Circuit ...

A Napa County Superior Court judge has denied the anti-SLAPP motion filed by leaders of the Mayacamas Countywide Middle School earlier this year against Napa Valley Unified School District. The motion ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Donald Trump, now the president-elect, has spent 35 years demonizing five Black and Latino men who as teenagers were wrongfully ...

The extortion lawsuit filed by Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott might have opened the door for his alleged victim to sue him for sexual assault. It also has sparked a motion to dismiss until the legal ...

Pennsylvanians have new protections against lawsuits meant to silence public expression under a bill Gov. Josh Shapiro signed into law this week. Strategic lawsuits against public participation ...

The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office has been awarded more than $25,000 in attorneys’ fees and related costs stemming from the 2025 dismissal of defamation allegations filed by a lawyer ...

Strategic lawsuit against public participation, or SLAPP, is a legal strategy dating back to the 1960s by large corporations and political figures to suppress those speaking out against them. “SLAPP ...