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Article

8 May 2017

Author:
Molly Dorozenski, Greenpeace

6 Ways Corporate Lawsuits Kill Free Speech (and How to Fight Back!)

…Using a legal tactic called a SLAPP, corporations like the massive Canadian logging company, Resolute Forest Products, are attempting to crack down on free speech by suing their critics...

Resolute has filed two lawsuits, one in Canada against Greenpeace Canada for CAD$7 million, and a CAD$300 million suit in the United States against Greenpeace…Stand.earth and several individuals…

SLAPP stands for “Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation.”…

SLAPPs are often filed without any kind of merit, just to cause financial harm to individuals and organizations who have to hire lawyers and engage in costly legal battles…

Many SLAPPs are for amounts of money that are nearly impossible to pay…

[Anti-SLAPP] laws remain imperfect and…SLAPPs continue to be on the rise…

When you’re SLAPPED…[f]ight back…[i]nvestigate…[r]ally…[m]ake some noise…

[refers to Green Group Holdings]