How to Use SLAPP suit in a Sentence
SLAPP suit
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These changes come as SLAPP suits become increasingly prominent in high-profile cases.
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Angele Latham,
The Tennessean,
26 Aug. 2025
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Off of the presidential trail, state officials in Arizona are facing similar heat for an alleged SLAPP suit.
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Angele Latham,
The Tennessean,
26 Aug. 2025
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While this isn’t technically a tech law, SLAPP suits have been a key weapon of tech billionaires like Elon Musk, and limiting them helps prevent what can amount to online censorship.
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Adi Robertson,
The Verge,
1 Jan. 2026
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SLAPP suits are a type of costly lawsuit used to silence criticism and prevent people from exercising their First Amendment rights through the threat, or actual application of, baseless and expensive legal proceedings.
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Angele Latham,
The Tennessean,
26 Aug. 2025
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Tennessee’s protections against SLAPP suits were strengthened by the 2019 Tennessee Public Participation Act, which expanded the state’s previous anti-SLAPP law.
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Angele Latham,
The Tennessean,
26 Aug. 2025
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