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Federal SLAPP Litigation Discovery

The inconsistency in discovery rules between federal and state anti-SLAPP laws, and the need for a federal statute to harmonize the approach.

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Feb 3, 2026

discovery in federal SLAPP law cases

Discovery in (anti‑SLAPP) litigation is the fault line between competing texts: many state anti‑SLAPP statutes pause or limit discovery to let courts resolve threshold motions quickly, but federal cou...