New legislation aimed at SLAPP lawsuits met with wide support in B.C.

By Ian Burns ( May 22, 2018, 9:25 AM EDT) -- The government of British Columbia has introduced legislation to safeguard people from strategic lawsuits against public participation (also known as SLAPPs), in a move that was embraced by the province’s legal community as a big step forward in protecting citizens from being intimidated in their quest to raise issues of public interest....