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Anti-SLAPP bill passes Texas Senate
Today the Texas Senate unanimously approved HB 2973, The Texas Citizen Participation Act, following on the heels of the Texas House, which also unanimously approved a nearly identical version of the...
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Anti-SLAPP to Become Law
Great news! Over the weekend, The Citizen Participation Act, the Texas Anti-SLAPP bill cleared its final legislative hurdle when the House concurred with the Senate amendment. Having passed both...
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Anti-SLAPP is Now Law in Texas!
Great news from Austin! Gov. Perry signed the Citizens Participation Act (HB 2973) into law today. You can see the stages of the effort to build the law here. Texans who enjoy exercising their free...
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New Primer on Texas Anti-SLAPP
Want to know more about what the Citizens Participation Act means to you and how it can be effectively used? Laura Prather, a First Amendment Attorney and the leader of the Coalition for the Texas...
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2011 – A good year for Texas Anti-SLAPP
Click to view slideshow.2011 was a great year for Anti-SLAPP in Texas. In addition to the Texas Citizens’ Participation Act being passed unanimously in both houses, causing the law to go into effect...
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El Paso Federal Court Dismisses SLAPP suit
A federal judge in El Paso granted several motions to dismiss in a “SLAPP” suit in federal court this week. The lawsuit, filed by night club owner David Cooper against the Cielo Vista neighborhood...
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Dallas Judge Awards $15k in Sanctions to SLAPP Defendant
Plaintiffs filing SLAPP suits in Texas are beginning to feel a greater sting as the law progresses. Late last week, a judge in Dallas granted attorneys fees, and $15k in sanctions to the defendants....
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New Case to Watch: Wentworth v. Jones
There is a new Anti-SLAPP case to watch, this one wrapped up in a bitter Texas Senate primary battle for which early voting has already begun. Senator Jeff Wentworth (R-San Antonio) who is running for...
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Update: Wentworth v Jones Anti-SLAPP motion denied
The San Antonio Express-News is reporting that Judge Martha Tanner denied Elizabeth Ames Jones’ Anti-SLAPP motion to dismiss the defamation lawsuit which Jeff Wentworth filed against her last month....
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Legislative Anti-SLAPP and First Amendment updates
The 2013 Legislative session was very good for free speech and First Amendment. In addition to passing improvements to the Public Information Act, the legislature, led by Chairman Todd Hunter (R-Corpus...
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