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What Is A SLAPP Suit?
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What Is A SLAPP Suit?

Overview of B.C.’s Protection of Public Participation Act

Brad Cran
Apr 6, 2021
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What Is A SLAPP Suit?
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SLAPP stands for “Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation,” which is a lawsuit (usually but not necessarily) filed to specifically silence somebody on a matter of public interest.

The most clear-cut hypothetical example would be a large corporation frivolously suing an environmental activist for defamation simply because filing a lawsuit (or even…

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