Federal Proposal for Unifying Anti-Slapp Laws

The Citizen Participation Act of 2009 introduces a law that’s designed to end intimidation and harassment lawsuits at a very early stage by those who have brought it in effort to quell public discourse by intimidation through lawsuits at the Federal level for the very first time.

• Proposed Federal law would essentially be the law of the land that could be utilized in all 50 states to prevent these intimidation lawsuits from occurring.

• Strategic lawsuits against public participation frustrates free speech

• Only half the states have enacted anti-SLAPP laws and this federal law would essentially put in place an anti-SLAPP law that would be the law of the land that could be utilized in all 50 states.

 

Attorney Mark Clark discusses the new Federal proposal on today's program.

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Damien Allen: Good morning and welcome to Traverse Legal Radio. My name is Damien Allen and joining me today on the phone is Attorney Mark Clark of Traverse Legal, PLC. Good morning, Mark. Welcome to the program.

 

Mark Clark: Good morning, Damien.