Anti-SLAPP

South Carolina currently provides no protection against a key threat to free speech: strategic lawsuits against public participation, or “SLAPPs.”

Current West Virginia law provides no SLAPP protection whatsoever for speakers who comment on any matter of public concern.

State lawmakers have a golden opportunity to strengthen free speech for all Pennsylvanians this year.

What can Michigan do to improve free-speech protections for its citizens?

Unfortunately, as the Institute for Free Speech’s new 2023 Anti-SLAPP Report Card highlights, Idaho is one of a dwindling number of states without vital ...

The new Institute for Free Speech report analyzes each state’s laws, showing a positive trend but cautioning that many states still fail to adequately ...

The rich shouldn’t be able to weaponize frivolous litigation to stifle speech — and Pennsylvania lawmakers have an opportunity to ensure they can’t.

Gov. Phil Murphy recently signed a new law — passed unanimously by both houses of the legislature — that strengthens the free speech rights ...

The new law will protect against frivolous lawsuits targeting speech

Oregon's new anti-SLAPP law codifies the right to an immediate (interlocutory) appeal