In November 2020, I blogged about New York's passage of an updated anti-SLAPP statute that provides powerful protections to defendants facing libel and other lawsuits arising from speech and protected activities. I asked, "How will the new anti-SLAPP law play out in NY courts?"
Well, four months later, the anti-SLAPP statute appears to be holding its weight. The Hollywood Reporter's Eriq Gardner agrees, observing that "Libel Defendants Are on a Massive Win Streak in New York." Gardner points to recent anti-SLAPP victories by The New York Times, the New York Post, and an aspiring young saxophonist.
This is welcome news for New York's media organizations and free speech advocates.
Originally Published by Frankfurt Kurnit, March 2021
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