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Civil Litigation

Sep. 5, 2018

Anti-SLAPP law murkiness complicates actress’ suit against Trump

The applicability of anti-SLAPP statutes in federal court is a legal point of debate, and the adult film actress known as Stormy Daniels seized on that murkiness Monday to help keep her libel lawsuit against President Donald J. Trump rolling.

The applicability of anti-SLAPP statutes in federal court is a legal point of debate, and the adult film actress known as Stormy Daniels seized on that murkiness Monday to help keep her libel lawsuit against President Donald J. Trump rolling.

Trump asked U.S. District Judge James Otero last week to dismiss the complaint, filed over an allegedly defaming tweet in which Trump apparently discredits claims by Daniels -- whose real name i...

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