Attorneys for former U.S. Department of Agriculture official Shirley Sherrod are challenging the use of Washington’s new anti-SLAPP law (strategic lawsuit against public participation) in federal court.
In briefs filed May 19 in Sherrod’s defamation suit against conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart, Sherrod is arguing that Breitbart should be barred from bringing a motion to dismiss under the law because, among other reasons, the local statute is procedural and conflicts with federal rules.
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