Leaders at Apologia Church in Mesa said a couple and a journalist "defamed" them after a woman went to TikTok with allegations of betrayal.

In a move that may fundamentally alter defamation litigation in Arizona, Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell in State v. Koert recently requested that the Maricopa County Superior Court declare ...

Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell, the region's top prosecutor, is seeking to overturn a law that protects the public from lawsuits that stifle civic participation. In a court filing Oct. 17, ...

Jazlen Gonzalez Escobar’s case was dismissed Dec. 31 by Judge Tyler Kissell, who has overseen the cases tied to the ...

The First Amendment Watch is a project sponsored by the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at New York University. The stated mission of the Watch is to document threats to the freedoms of speech, ...

The Gopher Media court recognized that although “some important interest may be lost if a defendant must wait to appeal a final judgment in an anti-SLAPP case—such as the potential unfairness of ...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has held that a person who brings and loses a special motion to strike under California's Anti-SLAPP law has no right to an immediate appeal in federal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In October, three well-known pastors in Arizona sued a married couple and an independent journalist who were criticizing and ...