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  • Generally, a "SLAPP" is a (1) civil complaint or counterclaim; (2) filed against individuals or organizations; (3) arising from their communications to government or speech on an issue of public interest or concern. SLAPPs are often brought by corporations, real estate developers, government officials and others against individuals and community groups who oppose them on issues of public concern. SLAPP filers frequently use lawsuits based on ordinary civil claims such as defamation, conspiracy, malicious prosecution, nuisance, interference with contract and/or economic advantage, as a means of transforming public debate into lawsuits. Most SLAPPs are ultimately legally unsuccessful. While most SLAPPs lose in court, they "succeed" in the public arena. This is because defending a SLAPP, even when the legal defense is strong, requires a substantial investment of money, time, and resources. The resulting effect is a "chill" on public participation in, and open debate on, important public issues. This "chilling" effect is not limited to the SLAPP target(s): fearful of being the target of future litigation, others refrain from speaking on, or participating in, issues of public concern.
  • Anti-SLAPP Resource Center
  • California Anti-SLAPP Project

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11/05/2005

Reply To John Steinmetz's Bad Faith Additional Demands

In response to John Steinmetz's Bad Faith Additional Demands. This email timestamped Nov 4, 2005 10:00 AM:

John,

Thank you for the friendly and civil reply. I will keep mine in that tone, too.

I am very happy that Viswa is gone. Likewise, I am happy to similarly update the the other posts that related to my negative experiences with your company. I try to keep all information on my site up-to-date, and posts relating to nationmaster are no exception.

I am very happy to work with NationMaster on further updates. Considering how this dialogue began, though, perhaps it is best to await the olive branch you previously offered.

As a geek, I'm very happy to go that extra mile for fellow geeks. :) However, when their first email to be is rather legalistic, maybe it is best to walk together in baby steps :)

Take care,

Daniel

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