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“The TCPA is a procedural freak show,” said Christopher Kratovil, managing member of the Dallas office of Dykema. “It creates a tremendous amount of upfront expense and upfront delay for plaintiffs who are pursuing meritorious claims."
April 30, 2019 at 01:50 PM
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Since 2011, lawyers have successfully won dismissal of a wide range of case types, then collected attorney fees, using a motion to dismiss under the Texas Citizens Participation Act, the state’s anti-SLAPP law.
This might change soon as the Texas House on Tuesday voted 143-1 to pass a bill that would narrow and limit the anti-SLAPP law only to legal actions that implicate free speech, free association and freedom to petition the government.
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