Defamation Suit Offers Early Test of Ohio's New Anti-SLAPP Statute

Defamation Suit Offers Early Test of Ohio’s New Anti-SLAPP Statute

The new legal procedure aims to protect free speech from lawsuits filed to stifle expression

Defamation suit offers early test of Ohio's new anti-SLAPP statute

Stock photo from Getty Images.In Cambridge, Ohio attorneys have filed what may be the state’s first anti-SLAPP motion. The newly established legal procedure gives defendants a tool to dismiss frivolous lawsuits filed suppress their protected speech. According to the Institute for Free Speech, 38 states have now passed laws protecting against strategic lawsuits against public participation, or SLAPP. The lawsuit concerns a divorced couple. The ex…

Defamation suit offers early test of Ohio’s new anti-SLAPP statute – BG Independent News

BY NICK EVANS Ohio Capital Journal In Cambridge, Ohio attorneys have filed what may be the state’s first anti-SLAPP motion. The newly established legal procedure gives defendants a tool to dismiss frivolous lawsuits filed suppress their protected speech. According to the Institute for Free Speech, 38 states have now passed laws protecting against strategic lawsuits against public participation, or SLAPP. The lawsuit concerns a divorced couple. Th