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Protecting Public Expression

WA Bar News

While the courthouse doors may remain open in the first instance to nonmeritorious lawsuits, the anti-SLAPP procedures allow a defendant to bring the matter to resolution through an early motion before much (if any) discovery is conducted. However, it does not allow dismissal of a claim that otherwise would have survived summary judgment.

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No Sanctions for Resetting Two Cellphones on Facts Presented; and, Social Media Posts Supported Dismissal

E-Discovery LLC

The court wrote that it will deny the motion for sanctions because defendants did not lose any text messages related to Wenzlers disenrollment when two government employees phones were reset upon their retirement. [1] The court concluded that: No reasonable juror could conclude that Wenzlers LinkedIn posts were constitutionally protected.