A Primer on SLAPP Suits and Anti-SLAPP Motions

Business Law Alert:  “It is clear that business people need to have at least a cursory understanding of what constitutes a SLAPP action before pursuing litigation, since it is equally clear that many attorneys are not conversant with this area of the law. . . . A ‘SLAPP suit’ is a lawsuit that is intended to censor, intimidate and silence critics by burdening them with the cost of a legal defense until they abandon their criticism or opposition.”