Tagged: SLAPP Suits

Defamation and Libel / Personal Torts / Torts

by Fahamida Zahan · Oct 16 , 2020

Weighing the Public Interest: SCC Applies the Pointes Anti-SLAPP Analysis in Bent v Platnick

Does protecting an individual’s freedom of expression supersede protecting those harmed by it? Where does the public interest lie within this analysis? These are the questions that the Supreme Court...

Tags: anti-SLAPP defamation libel professional misconduct SLAPP Suits

Civil Procedure / Defamation and Libel / Freedom of Expression / In the Media

by Zinejda Rita · Oct 18 , 2016

Snoop Dogg Clickbait and Free Speech: How the Challenges of Canadian Political Campaigns Will Test Ontario’s New Anti-SLAPP Legislation

In the past few months, Canadians have focused, often in disbelief, on the spectacle that is the 2016 United States Presidential Election. The latest controversy revolves around a New York Times article...

Tags: Courts of Justice Act Protection of Public Participation public interest SLAPP Suits