Poland's government has been at the forefront of using abusive and unfounded suits to try to muzzle public speech

As the European Union considers new anti-SLAPP regulations, the experience of Croatia is instructive

Strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) are identified by the European Commission as a particular form of harassment used against journalists and human rights defenders engaged in public participation on matters of public interest, often on the grounds of defamation

The PATFox project has submitted formal feedback to the European Commission on their recent proposals. Will they really help the SLAPP cases we see on the ground?

Carole Cadwalladr, a freelance journalist whose work has most often appeared in The Guardian and Observer, is probably best known for her investigation into digital influence company Cambridge Analytica

PATFox will operate in some of the countries with Europe’s worst SLAPP problems

The European Commission has published a draft directive and recommendations for member states on how to hinder attacks on citizens speaking on public matters

The time has come for European countries -and Spain among them- to make an effort to protect their civic space and, with it, democracies around the world

This project will focus on increasing the capacity of professionals that would be likely to face or defend against strategic litigation against public participation (SLAPP) suits.

CASE’s analysis of 570 SLAPP suits across the continent, published in March 2022, strongly supports the theory that SLAPPs are a problem on the rise

Interview with attorney-at-law Radosław Baszuk

Serial SLAPP litigants have their libel case against Tom Burgis and HarperCollins dismissed in London’s High Court

Europe is inching towards binding action against nuisance lawsuits