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  • Cuomo Signs Anti-SLAPP Law to Protect Free Speech in New York

    Cuomo Signs Anti-SLAPP Law to Protect Free Speech in New York

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    Ian Konrad
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    Republished with permission from the Legislative Gazette On November 10th, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the legislation S.52A/A.5991A into law that would protect New Yorkers’ First Amendment rights from strategic lawsuits aimed at intimidating critics, journalists, or activists.  In a SLAPP lawsuit, an acronym for a “strategic lawsuit against public participation,” the plaintiff does not aim…