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- initialism Strategic lawsuit against public participation: a
lawsuit or other legalharassment designed tointimidate and silencecritics .
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Examples
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If those had been suits brought by people on the political right against Secretary Clinton or Speaker Pelosi, we would be hearing them described as SLAPP suits — “Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Newsweek promotes Palin for President 2009
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They are often referred to as SLAPP suits, short for strategic lawsuits against public participation.
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They are often referred to as SLAPP suits, short for strategic lawsuits against public participation.
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They are often referred to as SLAPP suits, short for strategic lawsuits against public participation.
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But its moves sparked a renewed debate over what is commonly known as the SLAPP, or strategic lawsuit against public participation.
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In any event, I’d be skeptical of any law purporting to bar SLAPP suits – one man’s SLAPP is another man’s standing up for his rights (or something like that).
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In North America, activists have been shut down again and again by so-called SLAPP suits, or Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation.
On free speech 2008
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In North America, activists have been shut down again and again by so-called SLAPP suits, or Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation.
Archive 2008-01-01 2008
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It's a tactic very similar to so-called SLAPP (strategic lawsuit against public participation) lawsuits that are used to intimidate and silence critics.
Obama's War Cabinet 2008
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In the meantime, corporations sue human beings to stop their free speech in what are called SLAPP or strategic lawsuits against public participation designed not necessarily to win, but to tie the defendants up in court and with court costs.
Fighting for Salty Chickens Ellen Beth Gill 2007
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California’s anti-SLAPP (strategic lawsuit against public participation) statute protects defendants against vexatious lawsuits brought to silence viewpoints on matters of public interest.
O’Melveny and Electronic Frontier Foundation Score Landmark Win for Open Source Pioneer Bruce Peren 2023
bilby commented on the word SLAPP
"Last week the operator of the power station – EDF, which is largely owned by the French government – announced that it is suing these people, and four others, for £5m(2). It must know that, if it wins, they have no hope of paying. It must know that they would lose everything they own, now and for the rest of their lives. For these and other reasons, EDF’s action looks to me like a Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation: a SLAPP around the ear of democracy.
SLAPPs are attempts to bully people into political submission through inordinate demands. Their purpose is to terrify and enmesh. Even if they stand no chance of success, they ensure that campaigners who might otherwise have been trying to protect the environment or to defend workers’ rights are instead snarled up in the courts. Often, whatever the merits of the case, people will agree to leave the company alone if it drops the suit."
- George Monbiot, Corporate Blowback, monbiot.com, 25 Feb 2013.
February 26, 2013