A federal district court judge ruled that a California woman sued in Utah may file a motion to strike the defamation charge under California’s anti-SLAPP law. A Utah company sued after the woman’s web site criticized the company for treatment of students at their residential youth treatment center. The judge held that the California anti-SLAPP law applied because it applied most particularly to the case since the speech was published in California where the state has a significant interest in protecting its citizens’ free speech rights. (Public Citizen, June 11, 2015, by Paul Alan Levy)
Diamond Ranch Academy sued Chelsea Filler for writing on a website that the school was a scam and was like a “private prison” that abused, starved and strip-searched students. (Courthouse News Service, June 16, 2015, by Jonny Bonner)