free speech

Subsidized Free Speech

A group of California grape growers/shippers brought an action in the County of Fresno against the California Table Grape Commission, contending that the Commission’s collection of assessments under the Ketchum Act (Food & Agr. Code § 65500 et seq.) to subsidize promotional speech on behalf of all California table grapes violates the growers’ right to…

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Too Late For an Anti-SLAPP?

Alyssa Dillard’s article, “Too late for an anti-SLAPP?” published in the January 2019 issue of Plaintiff’s Magazine discusses the limiting language of the popular statute, including a review of recent case law limiting the usage of the anti-SLAPP provision when utilized in amended complaints. To read the article, click here.

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