Texas Press Association Note: The following op-ed on the threat to the Texas Citizens Participation Act — also known as our anti- SLAPP law — is available for publication by all TPA members. Once again this legislative session, critics of the TCPA have filed legislation that would make it extremely difficult for newspapers to get a nuisance libel suit dismissed. The threat is very real, and this oped explains it well.
AMY KRISTIN SANDERS
Imagine being the target of a vexatious lawsuit completely without merit in which you ultimately prevail—only to find out that you not only have to pay your attorney’s fees but also the other side’s.
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