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Strategic lawsuit against public participation
SLAPP (strategic lawsuit against public participation): retaliatory litigation used to silence critics through defense costs and damage threats. Term coined by Pring and Canan; countered by US state anti-SLAPP statutes and the EU Anti-SLAPP Directive 2024/1069.
Taylor Swift sexual assault trial
The Taylor Swift sexual assault trial (Mueller v. Swift, D. Colo. 2017): a federal jury found ex-KYGO DJ David Mueller groped Swift at a 2013 Denver meet-and-greet, rejected his $3 million interference claims, and awarded her symbolic $1 damages.
United States defamation law
United States defamation law covers libel and slander claims under state tort law, shaped by New York Times v. Sullivan's actual-malice standard for public officials and figures, Gertz rules for private plaintiffs, and state anti-SLAPP statutes.
Wagatha Christie
Wagatha Christie, also called Vardy v Rooney, is the English High Court libel case in which Rebekah Vardy sued Coleen Rooney over a 2019 Instagram leak accusation; Rooney won in July 2022, with Vardy later ordered to pay £1.4 million in costs.
WIC Radio Ltd v Simpson
WIC Radio Ltd v Simpson, 2008 SCC 40, is a Supreme Court of Canada defamation case in which Rafe Mair's fair comment defence succeeded against Kari Simpson, replacing subjective honest belief with an objective test.