The Texas Anti-SLAPP Law Be Neutered For All The Wrong Reasons

The Texas Legislature is back in session. That means a continuation of the effort to significantly scale back the effect of the Texas Citizens Participation Act (“TCPA”), which is the Lone Star State’s Anti- SLAPP law. Bills have been filed or re-filed that seek to do away with parts of the TCPA which give that law its teeth. The Bills are SB336, HB 2459 and HB 2988. As will be discussed below, the Bills all fail to address the real problem confronting Texas courts and litigants ― the judicial pink elephant in the room.

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