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National Review slapps at Mann climate change libel suit
LeClairRyan - USA -
January 14 2013
As I predicted last month, Michael Mann's suit against the National Review, Competitive Enterprise Institute and two of their contributors, has…
Mann and National Review spar over anti-SLAPP burden and related issues
- LeClairRyan
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- USA
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- April 15 2013
In the libel squabble between Michael Mann and National Review, Mann has filed his response to the defendants' anti-SLAPP motion, and they, in turn
California Court of Appeal holds that a private conservator is a public official; finds no actual malice shown in claim based on CBS report about conservatorships
- Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
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- USA
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- January 7 2013
A conservator appointed by the court to temporarily handle certain affairs of an elderly woman is a “public official” for purposes of defamation law who
The DC anti-SLAPP statute: a two year retrospective
- LeClairRyan
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- USA
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- April 3 2013
It has been two years since the District of Columbia's anti-SLAPP statute first became effective. To date, anti-SLAPP motions have been granted in a
Roundup on pending cases involving the DC anti-SLAPP statute
- LeClairRyan
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- USA
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- November 28 2012
After a period of relative quiet, there has been a flurry of activity in the District of Columbia federal and state courts in cases involving the DC anti-SLAPP statute.
Fourth Circuit affirms dismissal of FCA retaliation claim brought against firearms contractor
- Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
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- December 29 2010
On December 27, 2010, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of an employee’s retaliation claim against a firearms contractor, Heckler & Koch Defense, Inc. (“HKD”), brought under the anti-retaliation provision ( 3730(h)) of the federal False Claims Act.
Abbas suit focuses on whether DC anti-SLAPP statute can be used in federal court
- LeClairRyan
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- USA
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- January 10 2013
A series of filings in response to the defamation suit filed by Yasser Abbas against the Foreign Policy Group and Jonathan Schanzer have now focused
Will DC Court of Appeals’ decision impact Sherrod appeal?
- LeClairRyan
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- USA
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- January 16 2013
I have learned that, last month, the DC Court of Appeals dismissed the appeal of an order denying an anti-SLAPP motion. The court held that there was
Another judge to decide if anti-SLAPP statute applies in Federal Court
- LeClairRyan
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- USA
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- November 15 2012
In response to a libel complaint filed by Yasser Abbas, one of the sons of Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian President, the defendants have filed an anti-SLAPP motion and a separate motion to dismiss the complaint for failure to state a claim.
To the victor go the e-discovery costs?
- Mayer Brown LLP
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- USA
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- July 7 2011
Has your organization sought to recover e-discovery costs after prevailing in a federal litigation?
Texas Supreme Court provides greater protection to employers seeking to enforce non-compete covenants
- Haynes and Boone LLP
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- USA
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- April 22 2009
Building on its 2006 decision in Alex Sheshunoff Management Services, L.P. v. Johnson, 209 S.W.3d 644 (Tex. 2006), the Texas Supreme Court has further expanded the enforceability of non-compete covenants in the at-will employment setting.
Another anti-SLAPP motion filed in response to former DC official’s defamation suit
- LeClairRyan
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- USA
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- December 27 2012
At the same time as former DC employee Eric Payne is opposing an anti-SLAPP motion filed by the District of Columbia, another former high-ranking employee
Is Ninth Circuit going to revisit whether California anti-SLAPP statute applies in federal court?
- LeClairRyan
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- USA
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- April 23 2013
While we wait for the DC Circuit to resolve whether the DC anti-SLAPP statute applies in federal court (either in Sherrod v. Breitbart or Farah v
Newspaper’s anti-SLAPP motion potentially raises issue of whether statute applies to action arising under foreign law
- LeClairRyan
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- USA
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- May 15 2013
Another newspaper has moved under DC's anti-SLAPP statute to dismiss a complaint alleging libel and related torts. (As I wrote on the two-year