State SLAPP law applies in federal court 
By:
Thomas E. Egan and David E. Frank
Published: January 6, 2011
Tags: anti-SLAPP statute, civil rights, due process, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, freedom of speech, right of petition, §1983
More litigants may be able to take advantage of state anti-SLAPP laws in federal court following a recent 1st Circuit ruling.
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