Author: Eric M. Schiffer

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Published: 2016

Total Pages: 11

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With respect to cases involving state laws providing an expedited mechanism for dismissing suits aimed at suppressing legitimate speech by imposing the burdens of litigation (anti-Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation laws, or "anti-SLAPP statutes"), the question presented is "whether federal courts in diversity should apply the unique procedural mechanisms of state anti-SLAPP statutes or must adhere to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure"--page 3.