Maryland Anti-SLAPP Laws Acts UPEPA
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Maryland Anti-SLAPP Acts & Laws
SLAPP suit defined
(a) In this section, “SLAPP suit” means a strategic lawsuit against public participation.
SLAPP suits, generally
(b) A lawsuit is a SLAPP suit if it is:
Communications with federal, State, or local government bodies or the public
(c) A defendant in a SLAPP suit is not civilly liable for communicating with a federal, State, or local government body or the public at large, if the defendant, without constitutional malice, reports on, comments on, rules on, challenges, opposes, or in any other way exercises rights under the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution or Article 10, Article 13, or Article 40 of the Maryland Declaration of Rights regarding any matter within the authority of a government body or any issue of public concern.
Motions to dismiss or stay proceedings
(d) A defendant in an alleged SLAPP suit may move to:
Construction and application of section
(e) This section:
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