Joel Kurtzberg

Oct 13, 2024 | mondaq.com | Joel Kurtzberg |Miles Wiley |Jason Rozbruch |Ryan Maloney

New York's anti-Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation (SLAPP) statute aims to protect free speech by providing an accelerated summary dismissal procedure for claims that discourage participation in matters of public interest.

Oct 10, 2024 | lexology.com | Joel Kurtzberg |Miles Wiley |Jason Rozbruch |Ryan Maloney |Chana Tauber |Joseph Adams

New York's anti-Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation (SLAPP) statute aims to protect free speech by providing an accelerated summary dismissal procedure for claims that discourage participation in matters of public interest. Under the statute's burden-shifting framework, if the defendant can demonstrate that an action against it involves "public petition and participation," the plaintiff must show that its cause of action has a "substantial basis in law" or face dismissal.1In Reeves v.

Jun 26, 2024 | mondaq.com | Miles Wiley |Joel Kurtzberg

Anti-Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation ("anti-SLAPP") laws are designed to discourage the use or threat of litigation to stifle free expression. In November 2020, New York State amended its antiSLAPP statute to greatly expand its protections.